Comparative analysis of cash margin hedging strategies with commodity futures contracts and options

<p>The performance of futures contracts and commodity options as hedging instruments were compared in a cash margin hedging framework for a 150 sow farrow to finish hog operation in southeastern Virginia. The expected cash margin (ECM) using corn soybean meal and hog futures were calculat...

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Main Author: Rowsell, John
Other Authors: Agricultural Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45914
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11202012-040227/