When Doug Peterson and I wrote Back to the Futures, we aimed at a general audience — farmers, grain traders, market analysts, and curious readers.…
One of the best parts of writing my book Back to the Futures has been discovering the unexpected ways it has been used in and…
“Then we heard the high-pitched whir of a snowmobile engine far in the distance. It was like a scene from a World War II movie,…
If you’ve read my book Back to the Futures, you know that I have had a lifelong passion for things that go fast. I grew…
A few weeks ago, my publishing imprint, Ceres Books, released It’s All Speculation by Tom Hieronymus. It is a collection of Tom’s writings across his…
Last week, my little publishing imprint Ceres Books released a new title—It’s All Speculation by Tom Hieronymus. It is a collection of writings by Tom…
I am very pleased to share this guest blog post from Dwight Sanders of Southern Illinois University. He wrote an extended review of the newly…
It would seem that the answer to the question posed in the title is simple. Futures markets develop because there is a need for the…
In my long career as an agricultural economist, one of the things that I take most pride in may surprise you. I am holding it…
The main theme of my book Back to the Futures is risk, and it is appropriate that I close out the one-year anniversary week activities…