• Is Now the Time for Cow Herd Expansion
• Add-On Coverage for Spring-Planted Crops
• Hedging in the Futures and Options Markets

 

00:01:00 – Is Now the Time for Cow Herd Expansion: Livestock economist Lee Schulz of Iowa State University offers his take on the current cattle market trends:  he looks ahead to this Friday's USDA cattle-on-feed report, and he comments about the economic risks and rewards of individual cow herd expansion during this current downturn in the nation's cow herd inventory

00:12:00 – Add-On Coverage for Spring-Planted Crops: K-State risk management specialist Jenny Ifft looks at the prospect of adding either the Supplemental Coverage Option or Enhanced Coverage Option, or both, to one's 2022 spring-planted crop insurance policy, and what historical trends suggest about the payoff from these coverage add-ons

00:23:00 – Hedging in the Futures and Options Markets: K-State's Jenny Ifft continues her series on price risk management for cow-calf producers. This time, she focuses on hedging in the futures and options markets

 

 

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