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Developing a Pre-Harvest Grain Marketing Plan

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Developing a Grain Buying Plan

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Developing a Post-Harvest Grain Marketing Plan

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All About Grain Marketing

#	Title
Section I: Introduction to Futures and Options Markets
1	Introduction
2	Cash and Futures Markets
3	The evolution of futures trading
4	Market information
5	Futures markets and commodities traded
6	Standardized terms of the futures contract
7	Carrying charges in grain markets
8	Basis

Section II: Basic Pricing Tools
9	Selling futures to hedge the value of grain before harvest
10	Selling futures to hedge the value of grain held in storage
11	Forward Contracts and Other Pricing Alternatives
12	Commodity buyers and long hedging (buying futures)
13	Hedging vs. speculation
14	Margins

Section III: Advanced Pricing Tools
15	Options
16	Buying put options to establish a minimum price
17	Selling grain and buying call options to establish a minimum price

All About Grain Buying

#	Title
Section I: Introduction to Futures and Options Markets
1	Introduction
2	Cash and Futures Markets
3	The evolution of futures trading
4	Market information
5	Futures markets and commodities traded
6	Standardized terms of the futures contract
7	Carrying charges in grain markets
8	Basis

Section II: Basic Pricing Tools
9	Commodity buyers and long hedging
10	Selling futures to hedge the value of grain
11	Hedging vs. speculation
12	Margins

Section III: Advanced Pricing Tools
13	Options
14	Buying call options to establish a maximum price