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Table 2. Basis Improvement and Futures and Cash Prices ($/bu) for Selected Normal and Short Crop Years for Central Ohio and Central Iowa.
 

Normal Crop Years

Short Crop Years

 

Ohio

Ohio

Iowa

Ohio

Ohio

Iowa

Crop Years

1986

1994

1986

1988

1988

1993

Average Nearby Basis ($)
Harvest

-0.17

-0.24

-0.40

-0.03

-0.34

-0.26

January

-0.08

-0.09

-0.26

-0.07

-0.34

-0.28

March

-0.09

-0.09

-0.24

-0.07

-0.28

-0.20

May

-0.06

-0.10

-0.28

-0.00

-0.20

-0.18

July

-0.04

-0.07

-0.24

-0.20

-0.17

-0.21

Spreads at Harvest ($) (3)
Dec to Mar

+0.10

+0.10

+0.10

+0.04

+0.04

+0.05

Dec to May

+0.16

+0.18

+0.16

+0.07

+0.07

+0.09

Dec to July

+0.18

+0.24

+0.18

+0.05

+0.05

+0.10

Dec to Sept

+0.18

+0.29

+0.18

-0.14

-0.14

-0.01

Basis Improvement ($)
Harv. to Jan

+0.19

+0.25

+0.24

+0.00

+0.04

+0.03

Harv. to Mar

+0.24

+0.33

+0.32

+0.03

+0.13

+0.15

Harv. to May

+0.29

+0.38

+0.30

+0.08

+0.19

+0.18

Harv. to July

+0.31

+0.46

+0.34

-0.31

+0.03

+0.04

Futures Prices at Harvest ($)
December

1.69

2.15

1.69

2.78

2.78

2.64

March

1.79

2.25

1.79

2.82

2.82

2.69

May

1.85

2.33

1.85

2.85

2.85

2.73

July

1.87

2.39

1.87

2.83

2.83

2.74

Average Cash Prices ($)
Harvest

1.52

1.92

1.30

2.75

2.44

2.36

January

1.48

2.24

1.30

2.70

2.44

2.74

March

1.50

2.36

1.35

2.72

2.48

2.60

May

1.85

2.51

1.63

2.71

2.50

2.43

July

1.68

2.80

1.47

2.68

2.31

1.75