Documents & Presentations by Brian Coffey
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Hedging Grain Price Risk Using Options on Futures Contracts
Audio only - HERE |
March 5, 2021 |
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Farmers' Dilemma: Social Aspects of Weed Management Decisions
Video - Social Implications of Herbicide Choice - Presented at Frontier Extension District, March 3. Video - Farmer's Dilemma - Part 1 |
March 3, 2021 |
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Futures Hedging for Livestock Producers
K-State agricultural economist Brian Coffey talks about futures hedging as a livestock risk management tool...he'll be presenting information on using options for that purpose during a special K-State Risk and Profit session online this Wednesday. |
January 11, 2021 |
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| Hedging Livestock Price Risk with Options on Futures Contracts | January 11, 2021 |
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| Summary of Feeder Cattle Hedging Performance | January 11, 2021 |
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Hedging Feedlot Cattle
K-State agricultural economist Brian Coffey talks about his new study of hedging feedlot cattle in the futures market as a way to manage price risk...he compared the economic returns to hedged and non-hedged cattle over the last 10 years, to gauge the effectiveness of hedging in mitigating that risk. |
July 16, 2020 |
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| Hedging Kansas Live Cattle: Summary of Outcomes over the Past 10 Years | July 10, 2020 |
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| Open Interest in the CME Live Cattle Contract | April 20, 2020 |
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The Cost of Taking a Day Off
Brian Coffey and Terry Griffin talk about their new economic analysis of how taking part or all of a day off from farming activities for religious purposes affects farm income...their work shows that there is a cost to observing the Sabbath, although that has to be weighed against the faith and spiritual value of doing so. |
December 13, 2018 |
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Live Cattle Delivery to Settle Contract
K-State livestock economists Brian Coffey and Ted Schroeder talk about their new evaluation of the effectiveness of physical delivery of cattle to settle a live cattle futures contract...this in-depth study illustrated the complexity of physical delivery and its function as a risk management tool, and compared it to other alternative means of contract settlement. |
August 6, 2018 |
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