November 20, 2020

Comparing Historical Returns of Hedged vs Unhedged Corn and Soybean Storage Strategies

by Nathanael Thompson and James Mintert

In this video, Purdue ag economists Nathan Thompson and James Mintert examine the historical returns to hedged and unhedged corn and soybean storage. Average returns over the past 30 years are discussed. Importantly, the year-by-year distribution of returns for each strategy are also presented to provide some perspective on the risk-return tradeoffs associated with these two common marketing strategies.

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