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Price Risk
- Adding Value to Oyster Crops-Branding, Marketing, and Production Strategies
- Definitions of Marketing Terms
- Developing a Marketing Plan
- Organizing a Marketing Club
- Post-Harvest Marketing Alternatives
- Contracts as a Risk Management Tool
- Factors Affecting Option Premium Values
- Seasonality and Its Effects on Crop Markets
- How to Construct a Seasonal Index
- How USDA Forecasts Production and Supply Demand
- Introduction to Futures Markets
- Introduction to Options
- Adding Value to Agricultural Products
- Obtaining and Using USDA Market and Production Reports
- Buying Hedge with Futures
- Hedging With a Put Option
- Basic Marketing of Texas Cotton: Forward Contracts, Cash Sales, Marketing Pools and the USDA Loan Program
- Considerations When Using Grain Contracts
- Rolling Up a Put Option as Prices Increase
- Using a Bear Put Spread
- Using a Bull Call Spread
- Using Options to Hedge Farm and Ranch Inputs
- The Window Strategy With Options
- Selling Hedge with Futures
- Specifications of Futures and Options Contracts
- Selecting and Working with a Broker
- The Minimum Price Contract
- Technical Analysis of Commodity Markets Emphasis on Bar Charts
Production Risk
- Crop Insurance Terms and Definitions
- Crop Revenue Coverage
- Group Risk Plan Insurance
- The Multiple Peril Crop Insurance Actual Production History Insurance Plan
- Pasture Rangeland and Forage Insurance in Texas
- Managing Risk in a Dynamic World Economy
- Price Risk Management in the Midst of a Credit Crisis
- Types of Risk
Business Planning and Budgeting
- Determining Cropland Cash Rental Arrangements
- Determining Cropland Share Rental Arrangements
- Agriculture Taxes in Texas
- Dealing with Financial Stress on Texas Farms and Ranches
- Managing a Family Budget
- Strategic Planning for Landowners
- Surviving the Cycle of Economic Crisis
- The Current Credit Situation and Coming Cost-Price Squeeze
- The Intersection of Farm Credit and Farm Policy
- Economic Tools to Evaluate Culling Decisions for Breeding Cattle and Replacements
- Grid Pricing of Fed Cattle