We'd like to know how and where they're getting their information on marketing. The survey will focus on 1996 and 1997 soybean production. Smith and Neff hope the survey will help give better focus to marketing trends. The reason for increased use of contracts is there are more of them available. We've got basis tables and charts for six different eastern Arkansas regions that will be available on the Internet as well as in Extension publications.
Basis is the difference between the cash and futures market price.
That's no small decision in a state that was the nation's eighth largest grower of soybeans in 1996. In 1997, based on acres planted, Arkansas moved to seventh place. Copyright 2001 Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board. All rights reserved.