The 4-Hs of Harvest
September 15, 2021
South Dakota-based Grain Origination Specialist Kallie Schade reflects on the highs and lows of harvest.
ADM AdvantageSM Expert
Put your grain marketing in the hands of professionals with the ADM Advantage Expert contract. The ADM team of trading professionals has a proven marketing track record, giving you peace of mind and allowing you to spend your valuable time on other tasks. Not to mention, you maintain control of what you want to do— you can “price out” if you see prices trending lower.
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How it Works
How it Works
It’s easy to put an ADM Advantage Expert contract to work for you.
- Choose the crop you want to sell and when you’d like to deliver the crop.
- The ADM Experts will price bushels on your behalf using the futures markets. ADM then establishes the final “Futures Reference Price” on your contract based solely on these pricing decisions.
- You set the basis at any point prior to grain delivery.
- Receive your final price, which is calculated as follows:
- ADM Advantage Expert futures reference price
+/- Basis
– Service fee
= Final cash price
- ADM Advantage Expert futures reference price
Benefits
Benefits
- Grain marketing professionals work on your behalf to price grain, giving you the freedom to focus on other things.
- Automatic execution minimizes stress and worry.
- You set the basis, allowing you to capitalize on your knowledge of the local market.
- By diversifying your grain marketing portfolio, you spread your price risk.
- Maintain the control to “price out” if you see prices trending lower.
ADM Experts
ADM Experts
When you choose an ADM Advantage Expert contract, you access a team of experienced traders within ADM. Each team member contributes to trading and risk management decisions by:
• Leading ADM’s export activities for corn, soybeans, sorghum, and all classes of wheat
• Sourcing and trading grain at ADM’s largest interior grain terminal facilities
• Managing ADM’s risk position for all futures and options positions in grain and oilseeds
Individually and together as one team, our trading professionals apply their knowledge and experience in the marketplace to serve you.
Subject to Terms and Conditions in ADM-provided contract. See contract for details.
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