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 These brochures have been written by the futures exchanges or the industry regulators. This provides your assurance of the integrity and professionalism of content material. To receive your free brochures, please complete the information below. There is no charge for this service. Name Phone (please specify Day or Evening) Mailing Address Email address, if you please