Professional Strategies for Hedging Agricultural Futures

What’s Included in the Hedging Guide

• Hedging Fundamentals: Understand how agricultural futures and options are used to manage price risk in real-world trading scenarios.
• Strategy Breakdowns: Learn the difference between long and short hedges—and when each makes sense for your role in the ag supply chain.
• Basis Risk Management: Explore how basis impacts your hedge and how to anticipate changes using historical patterns.
• Option Tactics: Compare strategies like buying puts or selling calls to create effective price floors, ceilings, or ranges.
• Buyer & Seller Playbooks: Get specific hedging approaches tailored to commodity buyers, sellers, merchandisers, processors, and exporters.
• Scenario-Based Learning: See step-by-step trade examples with outcome tables that clarify how futures protect against market swings.