This study analyzed the effects that the use of crop insurance products and marketing alternatives had on the gross revenue per acre for an individual farm in Cass County. They were analyzed individually to determine if they were effective in minimizing down side risk and combined to determine if integration created synergies.;Several general conclusions can be drawn for situations similar to the representative farm. The use of crop insurance at the 65 percent level minimizes down side risk in wheat and corn, but not significantly in soybeans. Marketing alternatives generally increase the up side potential of gross revenue per acre while doing little to minimize the down side risk. Integration of crop insurance products and marketing alternatives creates a synergy at the lower levels of value at risk, but does not increase the chances of achieving a cash flow breakeven gross revenue per acre over the base strategy.
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