February 07, 2024
USDA Livestock Insurance: A Game Changer in Risk Management

USDA Livestock Insurance: A Game Changer in Risk Management Livestock producers ...

USDA Livestock Insurance: A Game Changer in Risk Management Livestock producers around the country have increased their use of government-sponsored livestock insurance in recent years. Livestock ...

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February 01, 2024
Livestock Price Insurance - the Do's and the Don'ts

Livestock Price Insurance - the Do's and the Don'ts As we have written many ...

Livestock Price Insurance - the Do's and the Don'ts As we have written many times in this space, Livestock Risk Protection (LRP Insurance) has become an integral part of many livestock producers’ ...

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January 18, 2024
HRC Futures: Navigating HRC Market Depth

HRC Futures: Navigating HRC Market Depth Much discussion has centered on ...

HRC Futures: Navigating HRC Market Depth Much discussion has centered on HRC futures and option liquidity. The perceived lack of liquidity is often used as a reason for not engaging in risk ...

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January 12, 2024
JANUARY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES:

JANUARY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The January WASDE report was ...

JANUARY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The January WASDE report was viewed as relatively bearish for corn, soybeans, and wheat as global ending stocks were increased for all three commodities ...

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December 28, 2023
White Paper on Subsidy Harvesting

White Paper on Subsidy Harvesting Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) has become ...

White Paper on Subsidy Harvesting Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) has become an integral part of many livestock producers’ risk management toolbox in recent years. The program is intended ...

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December 12, 2023
What Role Does a Hedge Play in the Related Physical Transaction?

What Role Does a Hedge Play in the Related Physical Transaction? Last week ...

What Role Does a Hedge Play in the Related Physical Transaction? Last week in Chicago, we hosted several metals companies for our bi-annual Metals Price Management Seminar (“MPMS”). During ...

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December 08, 2023
DECEMBER 2023 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES:

DECEMBER 2023 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The December WASDE report was ...

DECEMBER 2023 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The December WASDE report was largely in line with expectations and relatively neutral for the corn, soybean, and wheat markets. Market attention ...

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December 04, 2023
Utilizing Steel Futures Spreads

Utilizing Steel Futures Spreads When discussing the futures forward curve, ...

Utilizing Steel Futures Spreads When discussing the futures forward curve, using terms like contango and backwardation are used frequently. We want to take time to discuss why these concepts ...

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November 09, 2023
NOVEMBER 2023 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES:

NOVEMBER WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The November WASDE report was viewed ...

NOVEMBER WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The November WASDE report was viewed as relatively negative corn and wheat and neutral for soybeans. This report contained insights from both producer ...

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