A payout-less risk management strategy, like LRP or CME options, offers peace of mind, financial stability and long-term resilience for ranchers, even when premiums aren’t paid out.

The cattle market is an uncontrollable, untethered animal. At times, it appears like a siren on the horizon – beckoning with the promise of fortune and prosperity – only to financially shipwreck cattle producers weeks or months before the calves ever sell.