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Grain Marketing Publications

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Big Harvest, Big Questions: Where do Midwest Crops Go...? The U.S. agricultural sector enters the peak of harvest for the 2026/27 marketing year facing a dual reality: unprecedented agronomic productivity contrasted against infrastructure strains and significantly reduced economic margins.	Allen	October 27, 2026	(1.93 MB)
IGP Transportation Report	Allen	October 26, 2026	(3.73 MB)
Re-Introduction of a Grain Sorghum Futures Contract by the CME Group - Full Paper Press Release: CME Group Launches Sorghum Basis Futures to Meet Global Feed, Export and Biofuel Demand	O'Brien Allen	July 21, 2026	White Paper (3.64 MB)
Re-Introduction of a Grain Sorghum Futures Contract by the CME Group - Executive Summary Press Release: CME Group Launches Sorghum Basis Futures to Meet Global Feed, Export and Biofuel Demand	O'Brien Allen	July 21, 2026	Executive Summary (1.45 MB)
Should US Growers Look to Africa as the Next Big Market? - A Three-Part Series Published on FarmDoc Daily at the University of Illinois: 1) https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/11/should-us-growers-look-to-afri... 2) https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/11/should-us-growers-look-to-afri... 3) https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/should-us-growers-look-to-afri...	Allen Goldsmith Doherty	December 3, 2025	1) Should US Growers Look to Africa as the Next Big Market? Understanding Africa’s Food and Oil Demand Trends 2) Should US Growers Look to Africa as the Next Big Market? Understanding Africa’s Soy Import Demand 3) Should US Growers Look to Africa as the Next Big Market? Selected Import Markets for Soybeans, Meal, and Oil

International Grain Markets

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Grain Export Pace	Allen	October 26, 2026	(5.69 MB)
Why is the United States the Residual Store for World Grains? This paper explores the structural pillars that enable the United States to carry substantial residual global grain inventories and then to efficiently release these inventories when required by the global market.	Allen	October 11, 2026	(523.19 KB)
Notes and Observations in International Commodity Markets	Allen	September 14, 2026	(12.8 MB)
U.S. Grain Exports and Trade	Allen	September 26, 2025	PDF (6.44 MB)
IGP Top 20 of 2020	Allen	January 4, 2021	PDF (1.54 MB)
US Corn Exports, Chinese Demand, Corn Prices and Livestock Markets - Video	Allen	November 6, 2020	US Corn Exports, Chinese Demand, Corn Prices and Livestock Markets - Video
IGP Market Information From the K-State International Grains Program.	Allen		IGP Market Information

Marketing Publications

Price Risk Publications

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
The U.S. Corn Price Protection Net Applied to Kansas for New-Crop MY 2021/22	O'Brien	March 3, 2021	PDF (272.92 KB)
The U.S. Soybean Price Protection Net Applied to Kansas for New-Crop MY 2021/22	O'Brien	March 3, 2021	PDF (285.73 KB)
Measuring Grain Market Price Risk	Schroeder Bina	September 5, 2018	PDF (315.91 KB)
Technical Analysis: Alternatives to Chart Analysis	Purcell		Download (38.42 KB)
Technical Analysis of Commodity Markets: Emphasis on Bar Charts	Purcell
Using Options to Hedge Farm and Ranch Inputs	O'Brien		Download (29.37 KB)
Cross Hedging Agricultural Commodities	Graff		Download
Basis: The Cash/Futures Price Relationship	Dhuyvetter		Download (259.08 KB)
Buying Hedge with Futures	Sartwelle		Download (21.56 KB)
Definitions of Marketing Terms	Borchart		Download (23.91 KB)
Factors Affecting Option Premium Values	Johnson		Download (23.39 KB)
Hedging with a Put Option	Smith		Download (22.83 KB)
Introduction to Futures Markets	Mintert		Download (23.15 KB)
Introduction to Options	Fincham		Download (22.47 KB)
Knowing and Managing Grain Basis	Amosson		Download (23.77 KB)
Selling Hedge with Futures	Sartwelle		Download (21.76 KB)