The Hedged Edge

In this monthly segment on The Hedged Edge, RCM Ag Services pros Jody Lawrence, Ron Lawson, Kevin Bost, and host Jeff Eizenberg come together to provide expert knowledge on important markets including cotton, meat, and grains following the USDA Report. During today’s episode we’re talking about reporting back from farmers on the recent USDA report, labor shortfalls,  taxes and tariffs, commod...

In part 2 of our virtual road trip around the U.S. we’re making our way to South Dakota, Mississippi, and Texas. We’ll be covering updates on market conditions, harvest crop updates, 2020-2021 predictions and more in these three states. To give us more detail about the regional nuances on these topics, we’re joined by three of the best guys in the business to give you their take on their home stat...

We’re doing a virtual road trip around the U.S. in today’s podcast visiting some of our favorite ag persons for harvest market updates. We’ll be travelling from Tennessee to Kansas to get you updates on market conditions, harvest crop updates, 2020-2021 predictions and more. To give us more detail about the regional nuances on these topics, we’re joined by some of the best guys in the business to...

International meat trade (including Kangaroo!), years of writing and thousands of subscribers, risk management consulting and more – today’s guest really is a jack of all (ag) trades. Simon Quilty, global meat trader and analyst with Global Agritrends is on today’s podcast to take a deeper dive into his risk management background (with tips for operations of all sizes), the background on how he be...

In our first episode of The Hedged Edge we’re bringing the heat with the King of Cotton, the Emperor of Options – Ron Lawson. Ron’s experience in the agribusiness space spans over 4 decades giving him unique expertise of both agricultural business, and the business of agriculture. On today’s pod, Ron is here to share his knowledge on cotton commodities, options trading, “Lawson’s Laws,” and much m...