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- Evaluating Foward
Prices with Basis
Don Nitchie, Colorado State University, 1996
An essential element of understanding marketing and successfully executing strategies is
developing a good working knowledge of basis.
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- Livestock Basis
James Mintert, Ernest E. Davis, Kevin Dhuyvetter and Stan Bevers, Texas
Agricultural Extension Service, July 1998
This publication explains how livestock basis is computed, outlines an approach to
developing a history of local basis levels, and discusses how historical basis data can be
used to forecast basis.
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- Livestock Basis
(Curriculum Guide)
Texas Agricultural Extension Service, July 1998
Goals and objectives: (1) to understand the concept of basis, (2) to learn how basis
information can be used in decision-making, and (3) to learn how to construct a historical
basis table to track basis.
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- Spatial Basis Report
Kevin McNew and Duane Griffith,
Briefing Paper, Agricultural Marketing Policy Center, Montana State
University Cooperative Extension Service, June 2003
This report
provides an analysis of regional grain price in the U.S. for major grain
commodities during May 2003. The basis, defined as the difference between
a cash price and the price in the futures market, signifies the price for
a specific commodity . . .
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- Spatial Basis Report
Kevin McNew and Duane Griffith,
Briefing Paper, Agricultural Marketing Policy Center, Montana State
University Cooperative Extension Service, February 2003
This report
provides an analysis of regional grain price in the U.S. for major grain
commodities during January 2003. The basis, defined as the difference
between a cash price and the price in the futures market, signifies the
price for a specific commodity . . .
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- The Importance
of the "Basis" in Trading on the Futures Market
Lynn H. Lutgen, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, October 1978
Basis is the difference between the futures price and the cash price at a specific
location at a particular time. Normally, the cash price will be less than the futures
price, although in specific local areas the cash price has been higher than the futures
price due to a localized demand situation. When this happens, the basis is negative.
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- Understanding
and Using Basis - Grains
Duane Griffith, Montana State University Cooperative Extension
Service and Stephen Koontz Cooperative
Extension Service Colorado State University, December
1999
This
article defines basis in the grain market, examines the predictability
of basis patterns throughout the year and describes how to utilize this
information in the development of your marketing plans.
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- Understanding
and Using Basis for Livestock Producer Marketing Management
Duane Griffith, Montana State University Cooperative Extension
Service and Stephen Koontz Cooperative
Extension Service Colorado State University, December
1999
This
Fact Sheet will assist a livestock producer or feeder in understanding
the importance of the basis when forward pricing livestock. Basis is
defined, basis theory is examined briefly and basis is used in hedging
examples.
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- Using Basis
Information in a Hog Marketing Program
Chris Hurt, Cooperative Extension Service Purdue University, February 1989
An understanding of the hog basis can help producers make better decisions in their
marketing programs. It is needed to evaluate marketing alternatives such as hedging or
forward contracting, and can serve as a guide of when to market hogs.
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