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Risk Management :

Risk Management ServicesOur Risk Management Services enable you to combine the peace of mind you need and the expertise we offer to make your business more successful. Our unique blend of programs offer flexible delivery while our dedicated in-house staff of hog and feed risk management specialists are working to help you manage your margins.

  • Forward Pricing Options - available for hogs, corn and soymeal.
  • Fixed Forward Contracts – offering you the ability to fix both hog and feed prices up to 12 months out.
  • Actual Basis Contracts (ABCs) – providing enhanced hedging flexibility for more sophisticated risk managers. This is an innovative service that provides producers with maximum flexibility while still offering price protection.
    Producers have the flexibility to deliver hogs against an ABC over a one to two month window depending on the contract period.
    A large delivery window is made possible by taking hedges on both the dollar and the hog contracts, leaving producers exposed to changes in the basis.
    The producer accepts basis risk in exchange for giving up price risk.
    Producers still maintain broad coverage against price swings but are now able to take advantage of dynamic basis changes.
    This program offers the sophisticated hedger the flexibility he/she desires with the potential to manage basis without tying up a lot of capital.
  • Target Pricing – allows you to set strike prices with us and capture favourable market movements without you having to sit by your computer. Target Pricing allows you to choose a price at which you are prepared to forward contract your hogs to Manitoba Pork Marketing, over a certain time period.
    The price that you select will be higher than the current forward price.
    If the forward price should strengthen over the time period, h@ms Marketing Services will generate a Fixed Price Contract for you at your target price. The contract will then be mailed out to you.
    Your target price should be based on past pricing information, your cost of production and your overall market outlook.

  • Soymeal and Corn – offering spot and forward pricing options.
  • Volume Purchasing – collective buying in volume assures competitive pricing.
  • Transparent Pricing – pricing reported daily on the Hog Margin Outlook.

  • In-transit insurance ensures that your hogs are covered from the farm to the kill floor at a low affordable cost. Base rate starts at $.17/$100 of value.