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TABLE 4. AVERAGE NET RETURNS AND SUPPORTING STATISTICS FOR PREHARVEST MARKETING STRATEGIES AND A HARVEST CASH MARKETING STRATEGY: IOWA AND OHIO CORN DATA
Strategies States & Grain Months or years

Average Net Returns

t -test Probability
     

Mean

Std dev

CV

   
     

($)

($)

%

   
Hedge II Ohio Corn hedge Feb or July

64927

25161

0.3875

1.8854

0.0756

Hedge II Iowa Corn hedge Feb or July

60332

42329

0.7016

1.8429

0.0819

Synthetic Put Feb. Short hedge              
Synthetic Put I Ohio Corn offset call July

64623

23103

0.3575

1.9542

0.0744

Synthetic Put I Iowa Corn offset call July

65110

39885

0.6121

1.8915

0.0829

Synthetic Put II Ohio Corn offset call August

62210

23496

0.3777

1.4424

0.1748

Synthetic Put II Iowa Corn offset call August

62395

40193

0.6442

1.3877

0.1905

Synthetic Put III Ohio Corn offset call September

61442

24421

0.3975

1.3286

0.2087

Synthetic Put III Iowa Corn offset call September

61580

40861

0.6635

1.2892

0.2216

Synthetic Put Feb. Short Hedge/Call              
Synthetic Put IV Ohio Corn offset call Ju.y/July

64234

24543

0.3821

1.8439

0.0900

Synthetic Put IV Iowa Corn offset call July/July

64765

41759

0.6448

1.7824

0.1000

Synthetic Put V Ohio Corn offset call July/August

61822

24873

0.4023

1.3518

0.2014

Synthetic Put V Iowa Corn offset call July/August

62050

42057

0.6778

1.3020

0.2174

Synthetic Put VI Ohio Corn offset call July/Sept.

61053

25735

0.4215

1.2393

0.2389

Synthetic Put VI Iowa Corn offset call July/Sept.

61235

42689

0.6971

1.2044

0.2516

Mixed Hedge/Put              
Mixed Hedge/Put I Ohio Corn put/May & hedge/July

58198

24765

0.4255

1.8274

0.0926

Mixed Hedge/Put I Iowa Corn put/May & hedge/July

57868

38381

0.6632

1.8344

0.0915

Mixed Hedge/Put Feb. Short Hedge              
Mixed Hedge/Put II Ohio Corn put/May & hedge/July

63847

26714

0.4184

2.7663

0.0171

Mixed Hedge/Put II Iowa Corn put/May & hedge/July

64352

41399

0.6433

2.7994

0.0161

Mixed Hedge/Put Feb. Short Hedge

&Call

             
Mixed Hedge/Put III Ohio Corn put/May & hedge/July

63458

27958

0.4406

2.5388

0.0260

Mixed Hedge/Put III Iowa Corn put/May & hedge/July

64007

43228

0.6754

2.5284

0.0265

             
Naive Cash Marketing Sale Ohio Corn 18 yr. Period

55125

23602

0.4282

   
  Iowa Corn 18 yr. Period

49217

39577

0.8041

   
  Ohio Corn 12 yr. Period

53941

24291

0.4503

   
  Iowa Corn 12 yr. Period

53251

35378

0.6644

   

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