- 1998 Income Management for Crop Farmers
Gary Schnitkey and Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
January 1999
Our purpose in writing this paper is to describe ways in which farmers can manage lower
incomes resulting from grain price declines.
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- Building a Marketing
Plan
Larry D. Makus, University of Idaho Cooperative Extension, January 1999
A marketing plan woks only if it fits your operation, your goals, your objectives and your
financial situation.
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- Definitions of
Marketing Terms
Dean McCorkle, Kevin Dhuyvetter, Rob Borchardt and Marvin Fausett, Texas
Agricultural Extension Service, September 1998
Explanation of various marketing terms.
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- Hedging Examples
Thomas Worley, Department of Agricultural Economics, Washington State
University, January 1999
Charts and numbers to give examples of Hedging.
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- Managing
Market Risk in Today's World
Chris Bastian, University of Wyoming, September 1998
Unfortunately, agricultural producers cannot dictate what price they receive for their
products. The transition to freer global trade and the changes in the most recent farm
bill means the market will likely become more volatile.
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- Managing
Risk in a Dynamic World Economy (Curriculum Guide)
Texas Agricultural Extension Service, April 1998
Goal and Objectives: (1) understand the key sources of risk related to the globalization
of agriculture and operating in a dynamic world economy, (2) understand the relationship
between agriculture and world trade, (3) understand why trade is important to southern
agriculture.
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- Marketing
Alternatives to Manage Price Risk: Advantages and Disadvantages
Paul Patterson and Larry Makus, University
of Idaho Cooperative Extension Service, December 1998
This presentation provides an overview on the advantages and disadvantages of cash-based and futures/options-based marketing alternatives for grain producers. Selecting a marketing alternative should be based on a thorough comparison of available alternatives.
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- Marketing Tools I
Keith Banta, Country Hedging, Inc., Cenex Harvest States, October 1998
Powerpoint slide presentation discussing various marketing tools.
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- Marketing Tools I
Reference Guide
Keith Banta, Country Hedging, Inc., Cenex Harvest States, October 1998
Powerpoint slide presentation. Objectives: have a basic understanding of the three
marketing decisions that should be considered when marketing grain...
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- Post-Harvest
Marketing Alternatives
Dean McCorkle, Mark Waller and Dan O’Brien, Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, June 1998
This publication focuses on a few of the more common post-harvest marketing strategies
using forward contracts, storage, futures contracts, options, and various combinations of
these tools.
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- Post-Harvest
Marketing Alternatives (Curriculum Guide)
Texas Agricultural Extension Service, June 1998
Goals and Objectives: (1) Understand the benefits of pricing grain prior to planting for
post harvest sales, (2) learn and understand the mechanics of several post-harvest
marketing strategies, (3) learn the advantages and disadvantages of several post-harvest
marketing strategies.
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- Price Risk
Paul Patterson and Larry Makus, University
of Idaho Cooperative Extension Service, December 1998
The objective of Chapter Three, Price Risk, is to provide agricultural producers with the ability to incorporate risk management into their commodity marketing activities.
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- Price Risk-
PowerPoint Slides
Paul Patterson and Larry Makus, University
of Idaho Cooperative Extension Service, December 1998
The objective of Chapter Three, Price Risk, is to provide agricultural producers with the ability to incorporate risk management into their commodity marketing activities.
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- The Language of
Futures Markets and Options
John Cottingham, Robert Cropp and Randy Fortenbery, University of
Wisconsin-Extension, January 1998
To reduce the risks from fluctuating prices, more farmers and agribusiness firms are
considering alternatives such as futures markets and options.
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- The Minimum Price
Contract
Mark Waller, Steve Amosson, William Tierney and Kevin Dhuyvetter, Texas
Agricultural Extension Service, April 1998
Like any marketing tool, the minimum price contract has advantages and disadvantages. The
advantages include; locks in a minimum price but has upside potential, provides some
leverage in obtaining credit, establishes a price floor and helps in production management
decisions, no need to deal directly in futures or options markets, lno margin calls.
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- The
Minimum Price Contract (Curriculum Guide)
Texas Agricultural Extension Service, April 1998
Goals and Objectives: (1) learn what a minimum price contract is and how it is
constructed, (2) learn the advantages and disadvantages of minimum price contracts, (3)
learn how selecting different call strike prices will impact the price floor and upside
potential of a minimum price contract.
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- Using the
Futures Market in Response to Low Market Prices
Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 1998
In this paper we discuss ways hog producers can respond to low hog prices. To do this, we
first present forecasts of hog prices during 1999. Different types of producers will
respond differently to low hog prices.
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- Why
Marketing?
Duane Griffith, Montana State University Cooperative Extension
Service, December 1999
While
it is true that any one individual does not have much control over the
price received for an agricultural commodity, the real issue is timing of marketing decisions
rather than the level of influence on the price received at a particular
point in time. The ability
to . . .
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- WIRE Marketing and
Risk Management
Chris Bastian and John Hewlett, University of Wyoming
This program was designed as a follow up to the WIRE Integrated Management
programs. It presents the concepts of risk and alternatives available for managing various
sources of production and price risk. The program has associated presentation slides and
problem sets available, upon request, for use in presenting these materials. Interested
persons should contact one of the authors for more information.
WIRE (Western Integrated Resource Education)
follow-up program resource book
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