Managing On-Farm Risk: Exploring Milk Price Hedging Tools -

Join James Atkins from NZX to learn about the price risk management tools available to manage your exposure to fluctuating milk price, what to consider when developing a hedging policy and how to access the futures market. 

Learning Outcomes: 

Understand the different tools available: futures, options and fixed milk price 
Assess the risks involved in hedging 
Learn how to access margin facilities and how to connect to the futures market 

Meet your presenter:

James Atkinson is NZX’s Dairy Derivatives Manager based in Auckland NZ. In James’ work, he is responsible for the development, sales and building of liquidity in the SGX-NZX Global dairy futures and options market in New Zealand and internationally. Alongside work, James is passionate about New Zealand’s Agricultural industry, having a continued involvement in the family dairy farming operation based in the mighty Waikato. Admittedly, the number of times the gumboots are put on are pretty slim nowadays.