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标题：Adoption of Milk and Feed Forward Pricing Methods by Dairy Farmers
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作者：Wolf, Christopher A. ; Widmar, Nicole J. Olynk
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2014
页码：527-541
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Increasing volatility in milk and feed prices has led to higher levels of market and financial risk for dairy farmers. We examine dairy farmer use of forward pricing methods for milk sales and feed purchases. Operators with larger herds, higher levels of education, and those farm businesses that were not organized as sole proprietorships were more likely to have used forward pricing. We also examine reasons dairy farm operators had not used these tools to date and find that the most common reason was lack of knowledge. These findings may be used to target educational seminars and outreach to dairy farm managers.
关键词：dairy farmers;feed price;forward pricing;hedging;milk price;risk management