Risk Management
Livestock Risk Protection can secure you a minimum price for your 2025 calf crop today and you can still sell higher if the market should end up that way when your calves are ready for sale.
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Beyond fundamentals: Next-level feedyard risk management
Risk management is crucial for maintaining profitability and long-term success in the cattle business. Thinking beyond traditional fundamental analysis and considering other critical factors such as seasonal patterns, money flow, price action, trends and volatility can create the best marketing strategies.
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Capturing the market high
Even when you think you know what the market will do, you never really know. Using a price floor allows you to set a minimum price for your cattle, not a final price. Therefore, you can still capitalize on any market rises that come.
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Riding the bull: The power of options in cattle feeding
Cattle feeders can thrive in bullish markets by employing options as a risk management tool. With the use of put options, cattle feeders can safeguard against price declines while enabling gains with price increases.
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What cattle producers should prioritize in an inflationary market
Inflation and interest rate increases are raising expenses and requiring producers to obtain more credit. To safeguard their finances, producers should use suitable loan terms, mitigate price risk and assess their risk tolerance.
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Severe weather: Be aware of the risks
Tornadoes are most common in the central Plains and southeastern U.S., but they can happen anywhere. It is important to have a plan in place to protect yourself and any employees going into peak season.
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Running stockers as a drought strategy
Stocker cattle can give cow-calf producers the ultimate flexibility for grazing and forage resource management. However, there are associated risks and critical skills producers need to learn to be successful.
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Developing a hedging mentality for your ranch
Hedging may not be applicable for every operation but implementing a hedging mentality is. Producers can find long-term success by identifying risks and brainstorming options to counterposition those points of concern.
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Consider PRF insurance as a risk management strategy
Drought can compromise forage production and put a cattle operation at risk. PRF insurance is one strategy designed to protect producers in those instances.
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