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ECON 337: Agricultural Marketing Chad Hart Associate Professor chart@iastate.edu 515-294-9911 Lee Schulz Assistant Professor lschulz@iastate.edu 515-294-3356
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Short Hedgers Producers with a commodity to sell at some point in the future Are hurt by a price decline Sell the futures contract initially Buy the futures contract (offset) when they sell the physical commodity
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Short Hedge Example A soybean producer will have 25,000 bushels to sell in November The short hedge is to protect the producer from falling prices between now and November Since the farmer is producing the soybeans, they are considered long in soybeans
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Short Hedge Example To create an equal and opposite position, the producer would sell 5 November soybean futures contracts Each contract is for 5,000 bushels The farmer would short the futures, opposite their long from production As prices increase (decline), the futures position loses (gains) value
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Short Hedge Expected Price Expected price = Futures prices when I place the hedge + Expected basis at delivery – Broker commission
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Short Hedge Example As of Jan. 16, ($ per bushel) Nov. 2015 soybean futures$ 9.76 Historical basis for Nov.$-0.30 Rough commission on trade$-0.01 Expected price$ 9.45 Come November, the producer is ready to sell soybeans Prices could be higher or lower Basis could be narrower or wider than the historical average
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Prices Went Up, Hist. Basis In November, buy back futures at $10.50 per bushel ($ per bushel) Nov. 2015 soybean futures$10.50 Actual basis for Nov.$-0.30 Local cash price$10.20 Net value from futures$-0.75 ($9.76 - $10.50 - $0.01) Net price$ 9.45
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Prices Went Down, Hist. Basis In November, buy back futures at $8.00 per bushel ($ per bushel) Nov. 2015 soybean futures$ 8.00 Actual basis for Nov.$-0.30 Local cash price$ 7.70 Net value from futures$ 1.75 ($9.76 - $8.00 - $0.01) Net price$ 9.45
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Short Hedge Graph Hedging Nov. 2015 Soybeans @ $9.76
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Prices Went Down, Basis Change In November, buy back futures at $8.00 per bushel ($ per bushel) Nov. 2015 soybean futures$ 8.00 Actual basis for Nov.$-0.10 Local cash price$ 7.90 Net value from futures$ 1.75 ($9.76 - $8.00 - $0.01) Net price$ 9.65 Basis narrowed, net price improved
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Long Hedgers Processors or feeders that plan to buy a commodity in the future Are hurt by a price increase Buy the futures initially Sell the futures contract (offset) when they buy the physical commodity
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Long Hedge Example An ethanol plant will buy 50,000 bushels of corn in December The long hedge is to protect the ethanol plant from rising corn prices between now and December Since the plant is using the corn, they are considered short in corn
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Long Hedge Example To create an equal and opposite position, the plant manager would buy 10 December corn futures contracts Each contract is for 5,000 bushels The plant manager would long the futures, opposite their short from usage As prices increase (decline), the futures position gains (loses) value
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Long Hedge Expected Price Expected price = Futures prices when I place the hedge + Expected basis at delivery + Broker commission
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Long Hedge Example As of Jan. 16, ($ per bushel) Dec. 2015 corn futures$ 4.15 Historical basis for Dec.$ -0.25 Rough commission on trade$+0.01 Expected local net price$ 3.91 Come December, the plant manager is ready to buy corn to process into ethanol Prices could be higher or lower Basis could be narrower or wider than the historical average
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Prices Went Up, Hist. Basis In December, sell back futures at $5.00 per bushel ($ per bushel) Dec. 2015 corn futures$ 5.00 Actual basis for Dec.$-0.25 Local cash price$ 4.75 Less net value from futures$-0.84 - ($5.00 - $4.15 - $0.01) Net cost of corn$ 3.91 Futures gained in value, reducing net cost of corn to the plant
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Prices Went Down, Hist. Basis In December, sell back futures at $3.00 per bushel ($ per bushel) Dec. 2015 corn futures$ 3.00 Actual basis for Dec.$ -0.25 Local cash price$ 2.75 Less net value from futures$+1.16 - ($3.00 - $4.15 - $0.01) Net cost of corn$ 3.91 Futures lost value, increasing net cost of corn
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Long Hedge Graph Hedging Dec. 2015 Corn @ $4.15
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Prices Went Down, Basis Change In December, sell back futures at $3.00 per bushel ($ per bushel) Dec. 2014 corn futures$ 3.00 Actual basis for Dec.$ -0.10 Local cash price$ 2.90 Less net value from futures$+1.16 - ($3.00 - $4.15 - $0.01) Net cost of corn$ 4.06 Basis narrowed, net cost of corn increased
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Hedging Results In a hedge the net price will differ from expected price only by the amount that the actual basis differs from the expected basis. So basis estimation is critical to successful hedging. Narrowing basis, good for short hedgers, bad for long hedgers Widening basis, bad for short hedgers, good for long hedgers
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Class web site: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/~chart/Classes/econ337/ Spring2015/ Have a great weekend!
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