I don't have an opinion of it! I did search on the topic and found that it is indeed a thing, and the point of it is for farmers to hedge against bad weather. I don't understand it completely but it does seem to make sense in terms of stability. My ??! came across as indignant but it was honest! I watched a Khan video about how options improve stability also, it seems counter-intuitive but my grasp so far is that these instruments are good for stability and stability is important.