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Basis Risk and Weather Hedging Effectiveness

Woodard, Joshua D.; Garcia, Philip - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

Basis risk has been cited as a primary concern for implementing weather hedges. This study investigates several dimensions of weather basis risk for the U.S. corn market at various levels of aggregation. The results suggest that while the degree of geographic basis risk may be significant in...

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ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF INCOME PROTECTION CHOICES FOR WEST TENNESSEE CORN PRODUCERS

Philpot, Walter; Larson, James A.; Stokes, Jeffrey R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2000

Farmers need information about the expected value and variability of net revenues for alternative crop insurance and futures hedging strategies to manage risk. Specifically, the model will determine which risk management strategies are most desirable under various levels of risk aversion. The...

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FUTURES MARKETS AND LOW INCOME COUNTRY RISK MANAGEMENT

Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1987

To many people, futures trading is a little understood and rather suspicious activity. The word most often associated with this trading is "speculation", the idea being that most of those involved in futures markets are gamblers in a high stakes game seeking profit at the expense of those...

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Differences in Prices and Price Risk Across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry

Muth, Mary K.; Liu, Yanyan; Koontz, Stephen R.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 33 (2008) 01

Information on prices and price risk differences across marketing arrangements aids fed cattle producers in making … choices about marketing methods. As part of the congressionally mandated Livestock and Meat Marketing Study, we investigated … fed cattle price and price risk differences across marketing arrangements. The analysis uses data representing cattle …

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An Integrated Approach to Modeling Price Volatility in the Live Cattle Futures Market

Evans, Kevin J.; Streeter, Deborah H.; Hudson, Michael A. - 1992

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Dynamics of Price Changes: Implications for Agricultural Futures Markets

Tomek, William G. - 1993

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Risk Management in Agricultural Markets: A Survey

Tomek, William G.; Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa - 2000

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THE ROLE OF MARKET ADVISORY SERVICES IN CROP MARKETING AND RISK MANAGEMENT: A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SURVEY RESULTS

Pennings, Joost M.E.; Good, Darrel L.; Irwin, Scott H.; … - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2001

The purpose of this report is to provide a preliminary summary of the results of a survey designed to help answer the questions about subscriber use of market advisory services. Importantly, this research is a cooperative partnership between the University of Illinois and the Data Transmission...

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SELECTIVE RESPONSES TO RISK IN PURCHASING GRAIN: DO PATRON AND INVESTOR OWNED FIRMS DIFFER?

Post, Phillip H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1989

The broad purpose of this study is to compare patron owned with investor owned firms in terms of the arrangements they make to cope with the risk inherent in the exchange of grain between Michigan farmers and the first-handler grain firms that serve them. Focus will be upon possible distinctions...

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LINKAGES BETWEEN CROP INSURANCE AND PRE-HARVEST HEDGING

Dhuyvetter, Kevin C.; Kastens, Terry L. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 31 (1999) 01

The impact pre-harvest hedging and crop insurance strategies have on expected revenue and associated risk as well as how producers' risk attitudes affect optimal strategies was analyzed for Kansas wheat farms. No insurance, Catastrophic (CAT), Actual Production History (APH), and Crop Revenue...

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