Risk management is an important consideration for specialty crop producers. Besides facing uncertainty in yields, government policies, and foreign markets, producers are subject to considerable market risk in terms of prices, sales volumes, quality requirements and other nonprice factors.
This collection of articles is related to the market risks that specialty crop producers face. Most of the information included was presented at two workshops organized by the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources during May and November, 2007 for specialty crop producers.
- Shermain Hardesty, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
Selected Topics: Reducing Market Risk for Specialty Crops
This project was supported with a 2006 Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education Program grant to the University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources from the Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture--Producer Education on Identifying and Managing Market Risks, Agreement No. 06-IE-0831-0207-E.