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With changes in commodity trading, farmers took the hit

MtR by MtR
June 12, 2021
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With changes in commodity trading, farmers took the hit


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The first day of May was a watershed moment for agricultural commodity markets and farmers and ranchers. That day marked the end of live-person pit trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and its subsidiaries, the Chicago Board of Trade, Kansas City Board of Trade and New York Mercantile Exchange. In March 2020, the trading pits were temporarily closed as a health precaution because of COVID-19. While that was a reasonable move, these entities have taken the action much too far.

While there is one advantage to electronic trading — speed, it also contains drawbacks for family farmers. In farming, producers are at the mercy of agricultural markets, which are publicly traded. For example, when we negotiate contracts for our calves with a fall delivery date, my feed lot always looks at fat cattle prices on the futures board for spring of the following year. The same feedlot uses the futures board to buy grain that feeds my calves.

When talking with commodity brokers in other states about electronic-only trading, the biggest concern I hear is the lack of a live person between the buyer and seller in the transaction. Currently fund traders can set their computers with algorithms to constantly buy and sell commodities.

Market dynamics and the rules which govern them have changed over the years. In the 1970s, individual investors were limited to 600 option positions. As time moved forward the regulations increase to 1200, then it became 2400. Now, an unlimited number of options is the norm. This leads to higher volatility and greater price swings. The CME is a for-profit company — the more trades conducted, the more revenue it takes in. But we must keep in mind the market is being moved by people who don’t own any livestock or harvest any grain.

Another problem is the CME Group is nearly a monopoly. There are only two commodity exchanges in the U.S. the CME Group does not own. Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) specializes in energy markets and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) focuses on grain, but specializes in wheat. Other U.S. farmer commodities, including livestock and dairy, are only traded with the CME Group. This puts agricultural producers’ financial livelihood in the hands of one company and the rules CME deems profitable for their shareholders. As all agricultural producers have learned, the less competition, the lower farm gate prices become.

If you are a corporation such as General Motors, your stock is traded the same way as commodities. However, GM does not sell pickups and cars through the stock market. They price vehicles at a profit based on their costs. However, this system does not work the same way for family farms and ranches. It is our production that is sold based on CME prices. Ag producers can ask for a price, but the reality is buyers will look at CME futures prices before making a deal.

I believe it is time producers began talking with their elected officials about the best approaches to protect farmers from abusive markets that allow algorithms to automatically buy and sell commodities at the blink of an eye. Public officials should help ensure that the people who grow food for America’s tables are treated fairly in this new computer-based commodity trading system.





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