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Financial engineering for the farm problem

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  • Calum G. Turvey
  • Joshua Woodard
  • Edith Liu

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Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to provide a general discussion of how techniques from financial engineering can be used to investigate the economic costs of farm programs and to aid in the design of new financial products to implement margin protection for dairy farmers. Specifically the paper investigates the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) and the Dairy Margin Protection (DMP) program. In addition the paper introduces the concept of the Milk to Corn Price ratio to protect margins. Design/methodology/approach - – The paper introduces and reviews the tools of financial engineering. These include the stochastic calculus and Itô's Lemma. The empirical tool is Monte Carlo simulations. The approach is part pedagogy and part practice. Findings - – In this paper the authors illustrate how financial engineering can be used to price complex price stabilization formula in the USA and to illustrate its use in the design of new products. Practical implications - – In this paper the authors illustrate how financial engineering can be used to price complex price stabilization formula in the USA and to illustrate its use in the design of new products. Social implications - – Farm programs designed to protect dairy farmers margins are designed in a seemingly ad hoc fashion. Assessments of programs such as MILC or DMP are conducted on an ex-post basis using historical data. The financial engineering approach presented in this paper provides the means to add significant depth to the assessment of such programs which can be used in conjunction with Monte Carlo simulation to identify alternative model structures before they are written into law. Originality/value - – This paper builds upon an existing literature. Its originality is in the application of financial engineering techniques to farm dairy policy.

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  • Calum G. Turvey & Joshua Woodard & Edith Liu, 2014. "Financial engineering for the farm problem," Agricultural Finance Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 74(2), pages 271-286, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:afrpps:v:74:y:2014:i:2:p:271-286
    DOI: 10.1108/AFR-05-2014-0010
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    Cited by:

    1. Soliwoda, Michał, 2016. "How to Improve a Farm Financial Management? The Lesson from Poland," Rural Areas and Development, European Rural Development Network (ERDN), vol. 13, pages 1-12.
    2. Ho, Shuay-Tsyr & Ifft, Jennifer E. & Rickard, Bradley J. & Turvey, Calum G., 2018. "Alternative Strategies to Manage Weather Risk in Perennial Fruit Crop Production," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(3), pages 452-476, December.
    3. Joshua D. Woodard & Leslie Verteramo Chiu & Gabriel Power & Dmitry Vedenov & Steven Klose, 2017. "Factors Affecting Changes in Managerial Decisions," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(3), pages 443-465, June.

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