
CME Group announced on July 21 plans to launch sorghum basis futures, with trading expected to start August 24 pending regulatory review. Kansas State University researchers had supported the move in a white paper, saying it addresses country elevators offering no bid for sorghum.
A physically delivered sorghum-to-corn basis contract should improve price discovery and hedging for sorghum buyers and elevators, which may narrow basis risk over time but does not itself move outright sorghum prices.
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