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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Price Risk Management"”.
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Cattle price risk management strategies-using computer simulation to educate Iowa producers of available tools
Risk is an inevitable part of production agriculture. Price risk is especially a concern for cattle producers in the Midwest. Producers can curtail profit volatility, to an extent, through the utilization of price risk management strategies such as forward contracting, hedging, using put and call …
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Acreage response before and after the deregulation of the South African maize industry : the role of SAFEX in price discovery and price risk managment
… could no longer rely on their pre-planting price or "voorskat" for price discovery and price risk management. Some have claimed (UNCTAD, 2007) that the South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX) can provide these functions. We test this claim and analyse the impliacation of it.
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The Market for Forward Contracts on Oil in Iceland. An assessment of market activity
… important participants are examined, other oil price risk management tools and techniques in use are named, and factors determining market size are explored. Important findings include the fact that forward contracts with oil products underlying are used by Icelandic parties, including airline …
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Applications of Applied Econometrics in the Food and Health Economic and Agribusiness Topics
… a better understanding of different aspects of risk and risk management tools. The first essay is about mortality risk in Virginia coal regions. With a focus on the mortality of non-malignant respiratory diseases (NMRD), I estimate the impact of living in a coal county and find that coal-mining …
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Tools and Techniques for Managing Risk for Virginia Grain and Oilseed Producers
… various acreage allocations, yields, and market prices. A computer program in an EXCEL spreadsheet format has been developed to facilitate the identification of the costs of production and the financial impact of various yields, market prices and acreage allocations. A second concern in the …
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Hedging to Safety: A Political Economy of Derivatives, Risk and Agriculture in the Developing World
… the threats posed by volatile global commodity prices. Despite such enthusiasm, very little research to date examines whether or not derivative instruments actually can deliver income support to agricultural producers who face commodity price risk. This dissertation evaluates these …
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Review and Evaluation of Grain Marketing and Hedging Strategies for Virginia Grain Producers
Virginia's regional grain prices exhibit high volatility due to the state's unique spatial variability and supply and demand fundamentals. This study explains Virginia's basis patterns for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Discussion of times when there were outstanding economic or fundamental market …