Basic Tools for Managing Price Risk in Grain and Livestock Marketing

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Table of Contents

Basic Tools for Managing Price Risk in Grain and Livestock Marketing

Marketing Tools

Risk Management

Production Risk Management

Production Risk Management...

Price Risk Management

Marketing Alternatives

Price Risk Components

Price Risk Components... Supply

Price Risk Components... Demand

Cash market

Futures Market

Futures Contract

Futures Contract... Positions

Basis

Basis... Characteristics

Basis... Characteristics...

1994 Basis Pattern

Hedging

Hedging... Transaction...

Hedging....Margin Accounts and Calls...

Hedging... Transaction...

Hedging....Margin Accounts and Calls...

The Difference Between.Futures and Options Contracts

Options Market

Options Contract

Options Contract... Components

Options Contract Types

In or Out of the money contracts

Options use... Exercise

Options use... Expiration

Options use... Offset

Elevator Contracts

Elevator Contracts... .Cash Forward Contract

Elevator Contracts... .Minimum Price Contracts

Elevator Contracts... .Price Later Contract

Elevator Contracts... .Basis Contract

Elevator Contracts... .Hedge to Arrive

Author: Tim Eggers

Email: x1eggers@exnet.iastate.edu

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