Professional Merchandising
You don’t just farm, you manage a large business, plant thousands of acres, harvest high volumes, utilize substantial storage facilities and operate on thin margins and tight deadlines; all while being responsible for timely and accurate decisions across every area of your farm. At Lighthouse our professional merchandising service is designed with those demands in mind.
Successful marketing means doing three things really well:
1. Knowing cost of production and profitability goals.
2. Establishing a marketing plan and executing hedges to protect those goals.
3. Merchandising cash grain correctly to maximize carry and access best cash markets.
The Lighthouse Process:
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Lighthouse works with you to determine cost of production numbers for your farm:
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Our risk management software allows for easy uploading, updating and viewing.
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We input your cost of production numbers and all trades into our risk management software:
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All hedge positions, cash contracts, contract balances, scale tickets and settlements are viewable on our app.
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You have a real-time view of positions, hedge coverages and farm profitability online and on our app:
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Plus our annual Benchmarking Report compares your marketing results to the Top and Bottom 20% of Lighthouse clients and to average prices for all farmers.
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Your marketing plan is built on profitability and probability, not outguessing prices:
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Our analytics department, Lighthouse Labs, uses proprietary Price Signal algorithms to generate Sell signals.
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We combine that analysis with your profitability goals to build, update and execute your marketing plan.
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Futures and options trades are done directly with Lighthouse:
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Our farm merchandisers are also introducing brokers through Lighthouse Hedging.
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Cash contracts are also done through Lighthouse:
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This removes margin call stress and retains your ability to market cash grain whenever and wherever.
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Lastly, we professionally merchandise your cash grain to capture maximum basis and carry. This can mean substantial additional value regardless of underlying futures prices.
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We have trading relationships with a vast network of commercial and noncommercial destinations allowing us to access best cash markets for your grain.
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Lighthouse Logistics arranges shipment of your grain to the best market regardless of how far away.
