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Table 1. Net Returns and Statistical Tests for Pre-harvest Marketing Strategies vs. Harvest Cash Sales: Ohio And Iowa Study, 1985-1996.
 

----------------------------------- Net Return -----------------------------------

Strategies

Crop

Average

Std. dev. ($)

Coeff. of Var ($)

Significance level (%) *

Synthetic put
Ohio

Soybeans

$59,280

$11,318

19.1

0.97

Iowa

Soybeans

80,046

32,757

40.9

1.19

Mixed Hedge/Put
Ohio

Corn

62,284

26,787

43.0

3.75

Iowa

Corn

62,591

39,697

63.4

3.48

Harvest Cash Sale
Ohio

Soybeans

52,680

13,391

31.9

 
Iowa

Soybeans

72,764

31,745

38.8

 
Ohio

Corn

53,941

24,291

42.8

 
Iowa

Corn

53,251

35,378

80.4

 
* Probability of income gains vs. harvest cash sales occurring due to random chance.