Crops: Links

Crop Marketing Links

• Self Study Guide to Hedging with Grain Futures and Options: this information is provided by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and gives practical examples of how to effectively use grain futures and options in grain price risk management strategies. Hedging strategies for both buyers and sellers are included. Futures contracts, hedging procedures, ag option basics and strategies are discussed.
   

• CME/CBOT Ag Products Web Information
   

• Using KCBT Wheat futures & Placing a Futures Short Hedge
   

• Using KCBT Wheat Options & Buying Put Options to Protect From Lower Futures Prices
   

• USDA Grain Transportation Report: A weekly publication with grain transportation indicators, and specifics on rail and ocean transport, as well as grain exports. Very useful in evaluating grain basis.

• AgMAS: The University of Illinois site that reports on the analysis of grain marketing advisory services.

• Turtle Trader: A commercial site offering free daily corn and soybean futures prices in ASCII/text format. Click here for help with these files.

• Montana Market Manager

Corn Supply and Demand Links

• USDA Feed Outlook Report: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a short report on Feed Outlook (7-9 pages). These reports are issued about six times a year.

• USDA Annual Feed Yearbook: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a large Annual Feed Yearbook (many tables available only in spreadsheet format). This yearbook is issued around April.

• USDA U.S. and World Feed Grain Supply-Demand Projection: The USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board (WOAB) releases revised USDA U.S. and World Feed Grain Supply: Demand Projections on a monthly basis.

Soybean Supply and Demand Links

• USDA Oil Crops Outlook Report: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a short report on Oil Crops Outlook (7-9 pages). These reports are issued about six times a year.

• USDA Oil Crops Yearbook: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a large annual Oil Crops Yearbook (many tables available only in spreadsheet format). This yearbook is issued around October.

• USDA U.S. and World Soybean Supply-Demand Projection: The USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) releases revised U.S. and World Soybean Supply: Demand Projections on a monthly basis (usually around the 9th-12th of each month).

Wheat Supply and Demand Links

• USDA Wheat Outlook Report: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a short report on Wheat Outlook (7-9 pages). These reports are issued about six times a year.

• USDA Wheat Yearbook: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a large annual Wheat Yearbook (many tables available only in spreadsheet format). This yearbook is issued around October.

• USDA U.S. and World Wheat Supply-Demand Projection: The USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) releases revised U.S. and World Wheat Supply: Demand Projections on a monthly basis (usually around the 9th-12th of each month).

Cotton Links

• Cotton Economics Research Institute: The Texas Tech University site providing economic research materials related to cotton. 

Weather Links

• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin: The complete Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin is released each Wednesday by 4:00 p.m. (next business day if holiday). The Bulletin includes the National Summary, State Stories, current data for weather, temperature and precipitation and international agricultural weather. The full report is jointly published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and the World Agricultural Outlook Board.