Question

Your uncle has just purchased a wheat farm and wants your advice on how he should price his product. Explain to your uncle the characteristics of the market structure under which his farm falls and how this will help him to determine the price and quantity of the wheat he will produce.

Answer 1

Answer:

the wheat firm is perfectly competitive

A perfect competition is characterized by many buyers and sellers of homogenous goods and services. Market prices are set by the forces of demand and supply. There are no barriers to entry or exit of firms into the industry.  

In the long run, firms earn zero economic profit.  If in the short run firms are earning economic profit, in the long run firms would enter into the industry. This would drive economic profit to zero.  

Also, if in the short run, firms are earning economic loss, in the long run, firms would exit the industry until economic profit falls to zero.  

he is a price taker and the price of his wheat which would be equal to equilibrium price would be determined by market forces

if he sells at the market price, he would sell all his wheat

Explanation:

If the uncle sells above equilibrium price, he would not sell any wheat

he cannot sell below equilibrium price because he would make losses