Here are five rules to use in 2011. I got almost all of my 2010 crop com hedged ahead in late June when 1 thought the market was going to plunge much lower. I guess I just get too jumpy when the news gets so negative. How can I get back in and raise my selling price for that crop?" This was the statement and complex question 1 encountered at a seminar from a farmer in northwest Minnesota. I did not have an easy answer for this farmer, but I did have some suggestions on how to make better decisions in the future. It has been my experience in over 36 years of working with farmers that when they jump back in the futures market to make up for a bad sale, the financial results are not what they want.
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