If a farmer sells his corn forward on the harvest date, what risks have increased, and what risks have decreased, compared to not selling forward?
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When a farmer sells his corn forward, the price that the farmer will realise by selling his corn is fixed today. The price risk is therefore hedged. However, as the price is fixed, the farmer is saved if the price decreases in future as the price was already fixed and the farmer will lose out some profits if the price increases in future.
Thus, the risk of price increase increases
and the risk of price decrease decreases
There are some other associated risks regarding quality, time of delivery etc which will arise if the farmer is not able to deliver the type of quality and the time at which is agreed in the contract.
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