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Developing a Pre-Harvest Grain Marketing Plan

Developing a Pre-Harvest Grain Marketing Plan

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Developing a Grain Buying Plan

Developing a Grain Buying Plan

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Developing a Post-Harvest Grain Marketing Plan

Developing a Post-Harvest Grain Marketing Plan

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All About Grain Marketing

Section I: Introduction to Futures and Options Markets
# Title
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

Section I: Introduction to Futures and Options Markets
# Title
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