[dmbche]

Not sure why this person is getting downvoted, these seems like fair questions.

Edit: Now get why it is downvoted, but it's fair to note that farmers represent a small (10% from what I gather here) portion of futures, so I don't know how reprensentative they are.

[pwatsonwailes]

They don't have anything to do with hedging. Good questions, just off-topic, which isn't something HN tends to like.