Commercial cow-calf producers in Texas have traditionally had three marketing options: livestock commission companies, private treaty sales, or retained ownership (stockers/feeders). Most calves are placed on wheat or other forage for conditioning with some sold as herd replacements. Grass-fed...

Agricultural producers have used futures markets to manage price risk, confident that 1) cash and futures prices move together over time, 2) cash and futures prices converge as the contract approaches expiration, and 3) funds held in margin accounts as a performance bond were secure in...

This paper reports SERF analysis to help rice landlords in the Upper Coastal Bend of Texas evaluate alternative crop insurance combinations of yield loss and prevented planting coverage levels given uncertainty related to surface irrigation water curtailment. For baseline and high curtailment...