• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Even in countries where the government doesn’t do this, there are companies that buy “Future produce” to help farms mitigate risk. They say what their price for corn will be months before harvest, and even if a bunch of global events affect the crop’s price, the farm gets reliable income. They don’t get the windfalls of high prices, but they’re basically offloading the risk, like insurance.