Documents & Presentations by Brian Coffey
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Cattle Marketing and Price Discovery
K-State agricultural economists Ted Schroeder, Brian Coffey and Glynn Tonsor discuss their just-released analysis of price discovery in the cattle markets, which was commissioned by the USDA: this in-depth study looked at the impacts of formula marketing agreements as they have evolved over the past two decades, as compared to the cash negotiated cattle trade. They came up with a set of recommendations on improving the flow of price information to cattle producers and throughout the beef production and marketing chain. |
September 21, 2021 |
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| Cattle Feeder and Beef Packer Tradeoffs Across Live Cattle Marketing Methods | September 20, 2021 |
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Effective and Efficient Cattle and Beef Market Alignment
Price and value discovery, divergent incentives, risk management, and future prospects. Report prepared for Office of the Chief Economist, USDA. |
September 15, 2021 |
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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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