Farmers Elevator and Exchange

Wheat: The road to convergence.(Merchandisers' Corner)
Feed & Grain; 10/1/2009; 1873 words; ...had soared to $9 and U.S. farmers responded with a surge in winter...1.50 and lower. U.S. farmers were furious with cash prices...relative to futures, and country elevators faced significant basis losses...more attractive to mills. The exchange also reduced the quantity of...

Managing Price Risk in Volatile Grain Markets, Issues and Potential Solutions
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics; 8/1/2009; 3336 words; ...provides an explanation of elevator risk management and...by the Merchants' Exchange. The MCS is designed...risks. For example, elevators are exposed to credit...default risk, and to farmer default risk resulting...risk takes the form of elevators potentially defaulting...all agents - ...

Viterra Continues Optimizing Operational Footprint.
Marketwire Canada; 7/24/2009; 717 words; ...has acquired a grain elevator from Richardson International...to acquire the grain elevator closed today. Along...its high throughput elevators at Grenfell, Saskatchewan...railcar capacity at its elevator in Provost, Alberta...position between Prairie farmers and destination customers...on ...

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CRITICIZES EXCESSIVE WHEAT MARKET SPECULATION
Capitol Hill Press Releases; 7/21/2009; 919 words; ...become unmoored from the farmers and small business owners...for wheat, and caused farmers, grain elevators, grain processors...the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Kansas City Exchange...with heating oil, the farmers,`` she said. In...

INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE RELEASES LEVIN-COBURN REPORT ON EXCESSIVE SPECULATION IN WHEAT MARKET
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/14/2009; 2076 words; ...for wheat, and caused farmers, grain elevators, grain processors...contracts on the Chicago exchange, increased futures...and risks for wheat farmers, grain merchants...undue burden on wheat farmers, grain elevators...