Producers face the challenge of when to sell or manage price risk during the growing season. Each growing season is...
What Does Trendline Yield Tell Us About How Corn Futures Prices React During and After the Production Year?
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Aaron
Smith
Associate Professor, Crop Marketing Specialist
University of Tennessee
Fences Aren’t Just for Cattle
While the 2022 harvest season is not complete, it is a good time for producers to consider price risk management strategies...
Marketing Strategies if Producers Do Not Have Access to On-Farm Storage
Several articles have discussed the benefits of on-farm storage for southern producers (Maples, 2022 and Duncan and Smith,...
The Option to Augment the Crop Insurance Price Floor
Producers face risks every growing season. Production risks, such as extreme weather and drought, affect yield. Marketing...
July Volatility in November Soybean Futures Prices
The change in the November soybean futures price from the market open on July 1 to market close on August 1 was down...
The USDA June Acreage and Grain Stocks Report
On June 30, USDA released the June Acreage and Grain Stocks reports. The Acreage report is a survey-based estimate of...
Managing the Price Risk Gap between December Corn Futures and Projected Crop Insurance Prices
Since the projected crop insurance price was established at the end of February, a substantial price gap ($1.51 ¾ per...
Less Corn, More Soybeans, Cotton, and Wheat Projected to be Planted in 2022
Table 1. Projected Planted Area (‘000 of Acres) ...
Ukraine-Russia Implications in Grain and Oilseed Markets
Global commodity markets have been affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Energy prices have...