ABSTRACT This study estimates the cost of forward contracting corn and soybeans for January and March delivery from 1980 through 2009. Both corn and soybeans exhibited a downward trend in the cost of forward contracting for January delivery, in contrast to previous pre‐harvest results, and the...

The strategic behavior of nontraditional lenders in agricultural credit markets is examined, Summary survey findings related to several nontraditional agricultural credit suppliers are presented; resourcebased strategy concepts are introduced to evaluate the competitive implications of...