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Abstract
Price risk management
strategies are analyzed for
NuSunTM oil sunflower
producers. Correlations indicate
that changes in NuSun prices
are the most closely correlated
with canola futures. Soybean oil
futures were a distant, secondbest
correlation. A cross-hedge
ratio of .99 hundredweight of
November canola futures was
derived for October. With
December soybean oil futures,
the cross-hedge ratio was .33
hundredweight. On the basis of
net price received, seven
strategies ranked better than
harvest sales only. Soybean oil
futures performed somewhat
better across all strategies, but
with somewhat higher variability
on average. The analysis was
based on 1997-2004 data.