Author Archives: Ashland Commodities

2023 Commodity Seasonality Charts

Below are updated seasonal charts from 2014 – 2022. The charts have all been “baselined” [...]

2023 Hypothetical Business and Farm Hedging

Starting today (8/4/2023) I am going to detail a hypothetical farm and feed mill that [...]

Grain Risk Management – Are You Hedging or Speculating

Even the best laid plans have the ability to go awry. This is especially true [...]

Types of Commodities: Seasonal vs Continuous Flow Production

Generally speaking, there are two different types of commodities in the world – those that [...]

Fundamentals of Grain Hedging: Options

This article is the second post in a series titled, Fundamentals of Grain Hedging: Options. [...]

Importance of Argentina Soybean Production

Argentina is the world’s third largest soybean producer and is incredibly important to the global [...]

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, [...]