This article provides a perspective on major innovations in research on agricultural markets
over the past century. We review research on market structure and performance, vertical …

The question addressed in this study is which length of historical moving average provides
the best forecast of futures basis. Differences in observed forecast accuracy among the …

We develop a theoretical model of optimal hedging that nests expected utility and expected
target utility theories. We use this model to characterize optimal hedging with and without …

The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2004
by Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, Joao Page 1 The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory …

Using individual trader data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC)
Large Trader Reporting System (LTRS) for the period January 2000 to September 2009, this …

This article develops measures of marketing style for advisory programs in corn and
soybeans and estimates the relationship between style characteristics and pricing …

Much agricultural economics research has been dedicated to determining the best time for
producers to sell their commodities. Unlike this past research, we look at how producers …

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the marketing performance of wheat farmers in
Illinois and Kansas over 1982-2004. The results show that farmer benchmark prices for …

This paper re-evaluates practical methods of forecasting corn and soybean basis in the
eastern Corn Belt. The accuracy of forecast methods differs over the course of the crop …

A Bayesian hierarchical approach is employed to estimate individual expected performance
of agricultural market advisory services. Skeptical beliefs based on market efficiency are …