Author Archives: Ashland Commodities
2023 Commodity Seasonality Charts
Below are updated seasonal charts from 2014 – 2022. The charts have all been “baselined” [...]
Aug
2023 Hypothetical Business and Farm Hedging
Starting today (8/4/2023) I am going to detail a hypothetical farm and feed mill that [...]
Aug
Grain Risk Management – Are You Hedging or Speculating
Even the best laid plans have the ability to go awry. This is especially true [...]
Apr
Types of Commodities: Seasonal vs Continuous Flow Production
Generally speaking, there are two different types of commodities in the world – those that [...]
Feb
Fundamentals of Grain Hedging: Options
This article is the second post in a series titled, Fundamentals of Grain Hedging: Options. [...]
Jan
Importance of Argentina Soybean Production
Argentina is the world’s third largest soybean producer and is incredibly important to the global [...]
Jan
Grain Hedging Strategies – Is It Better To be Lucky or Good?
It is not uncommon to hear people in the hedging space to say things like, [...]
Jan