The hedge is to contract a good deal of that from outside sources, as far away as Canada.

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The usual hedge-fund contract at least protects you from getting whipsawed by a manager who makes money one year, loses it the next and makes it back the third year.

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Farmers' distrust of the markets was exacerbated in 1996 by a new financial instrument that swept across the plains: the hedge-to-arrive contract.

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One last possibility: You are using commodity futures to hedge risk-for example, on taking a consulting contract for which you will be paid in British pounds.

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His first suit against a hedge fund came in 2007, when he accused Bushido Capital Partners of breach of contract.

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