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Prairie Swine Centre is an affiliate of the University of Saskatchewan
Prairie Swine Centre is grateful for the assistance of the George Morris Centre in developing the economics portion of Pork Insight.
Financial support for the Enterprise Model Project and Pork Insight has been provided by:
Hog Hedging Decision Tree
Posted in: Economics, Pork Insight Articles, Production by admin on July 6, 2017
“• The goal is to develop a standard operating procedure for risk management, just like every other aspect of the farm.
• Properly executed risk management will reduce volatility and may also increase average margins. (depending on targets)
• With a systematic approach, the futures market can be your friend, not your enemy.
• Eliminate emotion from hedging decisions.
• By doing nothing, you are continuously speculating on lean hogs.”