Farmer’s Grain Marketing Decision Aid农户粮食营销决策援助.pptVIP

Project Description When marketing grain, farmers face two major hurdles: Selecting the appropriate sales method. Proper timing of sales decisions. The Farmer’s Grain Marketing Decision Aid was developed to: Assist farmers in selecting the proper sales method for given marketing decisions. Assist farmers in timing those decisions. To make the farmers sales decision easier. Weak Basis If the basis becomes less positive or more negative the basis is weakening. A weakening basis occurs when the cash price decreases relative to the futures price. Basis = Cash price – futures price. Stro