Risk Management

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Risk and profit management is vital to your success or your customers' success in grain production, and is increasingly important because of global policy and climatic changes. This web site gives in-depth help in understanding risk and profit management tools and strategies. It focuses on impacts on your farm's finances and profitability. Tools for managing these key variables include: financial records cash-flow schedules, costs of production and storage futures and options markets elevator contracts yield and price insurance.		For help in managing price, profit and/or yield risks, browse through research-based listings that are products from an 18-person team of specialists. You also will find: historical price yield basis supply demand information Also included is research showing past performance of various tools and combinations of tools on Midwest farms from Ohio to Kansas. Links connect you with current market and weather information, and outlook forecasts to fine-tune your current decisions.