New futures contracts for wheat, barley and durum coming to ICE Futures Canada
ICE (IntercontinentalExchange) Futures Canada – formerly known as the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange – has announced plans to introduce new futures contracts for milling wheat, durum wheat and barley....
View ArticleGrain Marketing is Simple – two books for the price of one!
LULU.com is at it again with another sale. This time it is two books for the price of one, good thru Friday. Follow the link to the “Find” bar type “Grain Marketing is Simple and hit “Get it.” Now...
View ArticleWheat and corn basis stories for my futures class
I’ve been a bad blogger this month – keeping a low profile. Since the sell-off last September, grain markets appear to me to be searching for a direction. It has a nasty habit of trending higher just...
View ArticleGrain Marketing is Simple on sale for St. Patrick’s Day
The people at Lulu.com always make it easy. Go to Lulu.com and “find” Grain Marketing is Simple. Enter coupon code GIANTSHAMROCK305 at checkout and receive 20% off your order. This great offer expires...
View ArticleAn analysis of soybean inverses and similar years since 1990
Since early February, soybean futures prices have risen steadily from $12/bu. to over $14/bu. in the July contract. Not surprisingly, the inverse from old crop (Jul’12) to new crop futures (Nov’12) has...
View ArticleA response to my Corn & Soybean Digest column on hedging; “Hedging is more...
I received a very thoughtful response to my column published in the March issue of Corn & Soybean Digest. It is titled “Hedging is more than Risk Management.” In this column I discussed some...
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