Meet the Expert
Al Kluis
President, Kluis Commodities
- Commodity advisor since 1976 and introducing broker with R.J. O'Brien.
- Author of the weekly commodity newsletter, "The Al Kluis Report," and also the "Your Profit" column in Successful Farming magazine.
- Expert columnist for 13 years for Corn and Soybean Digest, which featured his "Marketing Strategies" column weekly.
- Has published two books on commodities trading. His co-author on the first book, Loren Kruse, is the now-retired Editor-in-Chief of Successful Farming magazine.
- Frequently quoted in major publications including the Wall Street Journal, and a frequent market analyst for the Linder Farm Radio News Network.
- Former executive director of the Minnesota Soybean Association before entering the markets full-time. Alan's family still owns a farm in southwest Minnesota and Al enjoys helping with fieldwork when the markets allow.
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Agriculture Commodity Trading - Hedging and Risk Mitigation
President, Kluis Commodities
Risks & Opportunities
Risks
If you don’t manage your risk well:- Your margins will suffer, which in turn can cause problems with your share pricing and with your lenders.
- You will have problems trying to keep and retain the best employees, who might be hired away if you’re not able to raise their pay or keep them in a real competitive environment.
- In a worst case scenario, failure to adequately manage risk can be fatal to your business.
- A business that is marginally profitable also can be a target for consolidation as a means to survive.
Opportunities
If you have a good plan, and manage your risk effectively, you can:
- Keep your business profitable while competitors who are not managing as well are losing money.
- This can create opportunity to either take over failing competitors or to accumulate a lot of their customers.
- An effective plan provides your business with consistency and continuity over time, which helps build resources for business expansion. If you can succeed and have profitable returns when others in the industry are not, it puts you in the driver’s seat for expanding your business.
Agriculture Commodity Trading - Hedging and Risk Mitigation:
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