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Robert Wisner and Chad Hart ( October, 2017 )

Summary

Basis contracts are marketing instruments that establish the basis (the difference between the local cash price and futures price) used to determine the price paid for grain or soybeans at a later time. Basis contracts let a producer lock in a basis that he or she believes is more favorable than one that will exist later.


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Organization Iowa State University Extension
Publisher Iowa State University
Publication Date October, 2017
Publication Views 1770
Material Type Written Material

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