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Agricultural Marketing: Farmers' Marketing Practices and Programs To Teach Alternative Practices

RCED-88-78BR Published: Mar 25, 1988. Publicly Released: Mar 25, 1988.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO studied: (1) farmers' use of three advanced marketing techniques, specifically cash-forward contracting, hedging in the futures market, and trading in agricultural options; and (2) educational programs in advanced agricultural marketing techniques.

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Agriculture and Food
Agricultural industryAgricultural policiesAgricultural productsCommodities exchangesCommodity marketingDerivative securitiesEducationGrain and grain productsHedgingLivestock products