Multi-commodity price risk hedging in the Atlantic salmon farming industry

Aleksander H. Haarstad, Maria Lavrutich, Kristian Strypet and Eivind Strøm

Journal of Commodity Markets, 2022, vol. 25, issue C

Abstract: Cost management has received limited attention in the aquaculture industry due to historically high profit margins. This trend, however, is not likely to continue. This creates a need for knowledge on optimally managing financial risks. In this study, we address the joint input-output price hedging problem of salmon farmers. Along with salmon, we consider three essential commodities used in fish feed mixtures. We use state-of-the-art copula models to examine multi-commodity hedging strategies. Our results show significant potential in reducing the joint price risk. Our key finding is that multi-commodity hedging improves hedging effectiveness for short horizons and risk-return trade-off for longer horizons. Salmon farmers face a trade-off where longer hedging horizons yield increased effectiveness and lower costs, yet require increased pre-planning of slaughtering volumes.

Keywords: Aquaculture; Salmon farming; Salmon feed; Risk management; Multi-commodity hedging; Copulas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 G17 G32 Q22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2021.100182

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