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Reduced reliance on cash market prices for fed cattle and hogs raise questions about the role of cash prices in price discovery. We use seven years of weekly data from mandatory price reports to determine whether or not cash market prices are cointegrated with other procurement prices and then...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas over 1982â … marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas is about equal to the market if a 24- or 20-month market benchmark … harvest benchmark is used. The sensitivity of marketing performance to the market benchmark considered is explained by the …
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas over 1982 … average difference between farmer and market benchmark prices are sensitive to the market benchmark considered. Marketing … benchmark is used. The sensitivity of marketing performance to the market benchmark considered is explained by the seasonal …
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In an effort to improve marketing of their products, many farmers use market advisory services (MAS). To date, there is … their marketing plans, and how they choose among these services. Based on the literature on consulting services usage, a … the match between the MAS and the farmer's marketing philosophy drive MAS usage. To account for possible heterogeneity …
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soybean production forecasts during 1970/71 through 2003/04 marketing years. The analysis revealed that markets consistently …
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the market. Thus, there does not seem to be a great need for producers to hire a market advisor to do their marketing for …
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Returns to managed futures funds and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) have decreased dramatically during the last several years. Since these funds overwhelmingly use technical analysis, this research examines futures prices to determine if there is evidence of a structural change in futures...
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The inaccuracy of the Black-Scholes formula arises from two aspects: the formula is for European options while most real option contracts are American; the formula is based on the assumption that underlying asset prices follow a lognormal distribution while in the real world asset prices cannot...
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This study compares liquidity costs and other characteristics of electronic and open outcry hard red winter wheat futures contracts traded on the Kansas City Board of Trade. Liquidity costs are considerably lower in the electronic market than in the open outcry market. A new approach is used to...
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