Beef: Alberta moves to bring in voluntary price insurance program

The program will use ‘puts’ and ‘calls’ to allow producers to lock in a minimum return for cattle they are feeding

by DON STONEMAN

Beef producers can buy futures protection against fluctuations in cattle prices and in currency, but locking in the basis – the difference between prices in Canada and the United States – is a different story, for now at least. 

Better Farming - May 2009