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January 1, 2009
Animal ID & Traceability
… by, Graduate Student Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University … uyvetter, Professor, Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University …
September 30, 2016
Wind Energy Leases
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June 28, 2018
Hedging & Options
Price Discovery and Forecasting
Futures markets are publicly visible and easily accessed markets for both hedgers and
speculators. Because of the ease of access, low transaction costs to trade futures, and large
numbers of buyers and sellers trading in the market, the futures contract serves as a liquid
platform for price discovery. Futures prices are readily available on electronic media any time
the market is open and trading. As new information becomes available, traders rapidly
impound that information into futures contract prices through bids and offers.
Nearby futures reflect current market supply and demand fundamentals whereas deferred
contract prices represent expectations regarding future anticipated supply and demand. As
such, deferred contract prices serve a role of being price forecasts. Several studies have
compared price forecasting accuracy of futures markets with alternative forecasts such as
USDA, university economists, and statistical models.6,7,8 The general conclusion of research
assessing forecasting accuracy of commodity futures markets is, in general, futures are not
highly accurate price forecasts, especially for more distant maturity contracts. However, futures
are as accurate or more accurate as a forecast of future cash and futures market prices than
any other tested alternatives. In other words, futures forecasting accuracy is not great, but it is
as good or better than any other alternative forecast source.
Volume and Open Interest in Live Cattle Futures
The live cattle contract is actively traded with total monthly volume traded normally ranging
between 1.0 million and 1.5 million contracts. Including option trading, monthly volume
regularly exceeds 1.5 million contracts. Figure 1 shows aggregate monthly volume for the CME
Group Live Cattle Futures Contract from 2011 to 2017. Volume has varied over this time period
without a clear trend but saw a spike in April 2017, which was by far a contract record volume.
6 Carter, C. and S. Mohaparta. “How Reliable Are Hog Price Forecasts.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics
90(May 2008):367‐378. …
August 6, 2020
Land Buying and Valuing
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February 21, 2024
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and Trade in Wartime: Results of 2023 and Prospects for 2024
Antonina BroyakaExtension Associate of Agricultural Economics Department,Kansas State Un … nsas State University
PhD in Economics, Associate Professor from Ukraine
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April 15, 2021
Land Buying and Valuing
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Agricultural Economics
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February 18, 2013
Risk Management Strategies
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