Annual Basis Pattern NEW!
By Melvin Brees
Historical Weekly Missouri Corn and Soybean Basis by Location
Joe Parcell, Assistant Professor & Extension Economist
Parcellj@missouri.edu
This Project is Jointly Funded by:
Department of Agricultural Economics, UMC & Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
Cash Prices obtained from:
DTN AgDayta
Basis information is extremely important information in helping producers and agribusiness forward price, determine local supply/demand conditions, and project prices. The Weekly Missouri Crop basis project is part of a larger project to help provide Missouri producers, educators, businesses, and policy makers information on historical basis trends. This project was initially funded by the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council in 1999. Further financial support was provided by the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, to allow for weekly basis updates.
The local basis information contained on these pages has been calculated as:
As time progresses more locations and subsequent publications will be added to this web site. Below is a list of current publications either explaining the use of basis or using the basis data to evaluate a price discovery, policy, or marketing issue. Please feel free to contact Joe Parcell if you have other questions.
Accompanying publications (.pdf format)
Understanding Commodity Basis, J. Parcell and V. Pierce
Futures Prices as a Price Forecasting Tool, J. Parcell and V. Pierce
The Impact of the LDP on Missouri Corn and Soybean Basis, J. Parcell
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