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Crops: Marketing

Grain Basis Issues

Title Date Author MP3 HTML PDF
The Feasibility of Railcar Track Delivery as an Alternative Settlement Option for KCBT Wheat Futures
Presented at NCCC-134 Conference: St. Louis, MO.
4/19/11 O'Brien and O'Neil     PDF
Don’t get Caught with Your Marketing and Crop Insurance on the Wrong Side of the Basis When it Narrows 7/22/10 Barnaby and O'Brien   View View
KSRN Grain Outlook Radio Program: Wheat Price Basis 7/16/10 O'Brien Part 1
Part 2
   
Why Have the KC Wheat Futures and Cash Prices Not Converged? 7/14/10 O'Brien and Barnaby   View View
Wide Basis Also Affects Crop Insurance, But Less than Most Farmers Think 7/09/10 Barnaby   View View
KSRN Grain Outlook Radio Program: Grain Basis and WASDE Report 7/09/10 O'Brien Download    
The Causes and Effects of Wide Kansas Wheat Basis Bids 6/29/10 O'Brien    

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KSRN Radio Interview: Impact of High Basis Levels Crop Insurance 6/22/10 Barnaby Download    
           
           

Additional Links

1a. Kansas City Board of Trade Wheat Futures Contract Specifications

http://www.kcbt.com/contract_wheat.html

 

1b. KCBT Wheat Futures Deliveries

http://www.kcbt.com/wheat_deliveries.asp

 

1c. KCBT Wheat Regular Operator Delivery Elevators

http://www.kcbt.com/wheat_operators.html

 

2. Poor Convergence Performance of CBOT Corn, Soybean and Wheat Futures Contracts: Causes and Solutions

by Scott H. Irwin, Philip Garcia, Darrel L. Good, and Eugene L. Kunda

http://www.farmdoc.illinois.edu/marketing/morr/morr_09-02/MORR_09-02.pdf

 

3a. Chicago Board of Trade / CME Wheat Contract Specifications

http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/commodities/grain-and-oilseed/wheat_contract_specifications.html

 

3b. CBOT/CME Wheat Variable Storage Rate Information

http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/commodities/grain-and-oilseed/variable-storage-rate.html

 

4a. Minneapolis Grain Exchange Wheat Indices (HRW, SRW, HRS)

http://www.mgex.com/wheat_index.html

 

4b. MGEX Cash Settlement Definition

http://www.mgex.com/pdfs/products/cash%20settlement.pdf

 

4c. MGEX HRW Wheat Index Information

http://www.mgex.com/documents/HRWImap111209.pdf

http://www.mgex.com/future_options.html

 
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