Hedging Cull Sows Using the Lean Hog Futures Market

Jennifer Graff, Kevin C Dhuyvetter, and Ted C Schroeder ( June, 1998 )

Summary

Because cull sows represent such a small portion of total income, managing price risk associated with cull sows is often overlooked. However, as profit margins tighten and swine operations increase in size, the benefit of managing price risk associated with cull sows increses.

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Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics

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Kansas State University

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