The purpose of this research report is to present an evaluation of advisory service pricing performance in 1997 for corn and soybeans. Specifically, the average price received by a subscriber to an advisory service is calculated for corn and soybean crops harvested in 1997. The average net...

Economists and others need estimates of future cash price volatility to use in risk management evaluation and education programs. This paper evaluates the performance of alternative volatility forecasts for fed cattle, feeder cattle, and corn cash price returns. Forecasts include time series...

Forecasting performance of December corn and November soybean futures contracts during the previous spring was evaluated using the commonly specified price‐level and percent‐change models. These models invoke different assumptions regarding stationarity. Using Stein's analytical framework,...