Agricultural Finance (PDF)

A comprehensive resource for understanding the complexities of
agricultural finance

Agricultural Finance: From Crops to Land, Water, and
Infrastructure is a pioneering book that offers a comprehensive
resource for understanding the worldwide agriculture markets, from
spikes in agricultural commodity prices to trading strategies, and
the agribusiness industry generally to the challenges of feeding
the planet in particular. The book also goes in-depth on the topics
of land, water, fertilizers, biofuels, and ethanol. Written by
Helyette Geman--an industry expert in commodity
derivatives--this book explores the agricultural marketplace
and the cycles in agricultural commodity prices that can be the key
to investor success.

This resource addresses a wide range of other important topics
as well, including agricultural insurance, energy, shipping and
bunker prices, sustainability, investments in land, subsidies,
agricultural derivatives, and farming risk-management. Other topics
covered include structured products and agricultural commodities
ETFs; trade finance in an era of credit shortage; securitization
and commodity-linked notes; grains: wheat, corn, soybeans; softs:
coffee, cocoa, cotton; shipping as a key component of agricultural
trade; and the major agricultural shipping routes and the costs.
The book:

* Offers the first comprehensive resource that deals with the all
aspects of agricultural finance

* Includes information that is crucial for pension funds, asset
managers, hedge funds, agribusiness corporates, CTAs and
regulators

* Covers a range of topics from agricultural bunker prices,
futures, options to major shipping routes and the costs

This text is a must-have resource for accessing the information
required to trade successfully in the agricultural marketplace.