As commodity markets evolve from spring to fall, average daily prices tend to fall as harvest gets closer. Pre-harvest hedging, or selling a portion of the crop before it is harvested, can help capture the earlier futures prices, but often comes with risk. Cory Walters, associate professor and grain marketing economist with the Center for Agricultural Profitability, recently published an article in the UNL Ag Econ department’s “Cornhusker Economics” series, on the implication of historical corn price evolution on pre-harvest hedging.

Read more at https://cap.unl.edu/crops/historical-corn-price-evolution-implications-pre-harvest-hedging.