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Agricultural Hedging Guide
This 77-page self-study guide begins with the basics, providing a solid introduction to the Chicago Board of Trade futures and options
agricultural markets, and progresses to describe various futures and options hedging strategies, both from a buying
and selling hedger’s perspective. Chapter quizes along with answers form part of the learning process, helping the reader
to more fully understand the material. It is an excellent reference for any rancher, farmer or food processor.
Author: Chicago Board of Trade
Hedging Strategies for Buyers of Agricultural Produce
As a buyer of agricultural produce, whether wheat, corn, oats, soybeans or rice and whether for animal feed or for production,
you’ll never be able to eliminate the risk of fluctuating prices. But there are ways to manage it. By
incorporating Chicago Board of Trade futures and options contracts into your
procurement practices, you’ll be better able to manage the effects of changing
prices. This special strategy booklet describes futures and options
hedging applications that can be used to put a lid on rising prices, establish a ceiling price without a floor,
establish a buying range with a ceiling and a floor price, and protecting inventory values.
Author: Chicago Board of Trade
A Practical Guide to Hedging
Prepared in cooperation
with the international accounting and consulting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P., this
64-page practical guide will help you understand the system of controls within which any
hedging program can be implemented. Topics include accounting for hedging transactions, operational and accounting controls,
financial reporting, Federal income taxes, and the internal audit.
Author: New York Mercantile Exchange
Futures & Options Strategy Guide
Hedging strategies for agricultural sellers (producers) are essentially those futures and options
trade combinations that generate profit when prices fall. Conversely, hedging strategies for
agricultural buyers such as ranchers needing feed grain, or food processors, are essentially
those futures and options trade combinations that generate profit when prices rise. In each
case, there are a variety of trade positions that can be established depending upon the hedger's
price and volatility expectations, tolerance for risk, and operating budget.
This 49-page Strategy Guide illustrates 21 such trading strategies, both from the long side and the short side,
in an easy-to-analyse, graphical format. It starts with basic, simple strategies and progresses to more sophisticated
option-related strategies. It is a handy reference for organizing many of the
available strategies made possible by the futures and options markets.
Author: Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Revenue Management & Marketing
This 28-page farmer's guide covers such topics as: Defining Risk,
Creating a Business Plan, Risk Tolerance Assessment, Creating a Marketing Plan,
Comparing and Selecting Crop Insurance Products, Selecting a Crop Insurance
Company and Agent, Comparing and Selecting Marketing Tools and ends with additional resources.
Written by the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) who realizes that
you face many challenges in your farming operation and who believes that useful information can help you make more
profitable decisions for your business.
Author: Iowa Soybean Association