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Forward Contracting by Iowa Corn Producers: Connecting Hedging with Price Movements
Agricultural Policy Review
  • Keri L. Jacobs, Iowa State University
  • Ziran Li, Iowa State University
  • Dermot J. Hayes, Iowa State University
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Publication Date
10-1-2016
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Abstract

In 2015, Iowa corn producers marketed approximately 2.5 billion bushels of corn and 554 million bushels of soybeans (USDA 2016). As part of their marketing strategy, some crop producers make use of pre-harvest pricing tools such as forward contracting and hedging with futures contracts.

Citation Information
Keri L. Jacobs, Ziran Li and Dermot J. Hayes. "Forward Contracting by Iowa Corn Producers: Connecting Hedging with Price Movements" (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dermot_hayes/179/