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b) A sunflower farmer estimates, during March 2023, that he will harvest 60,000kgs of sunflower by
December 2023. The price on futures contract for December 2023 Sunflower is P6.00 per kg. Sunflower futures
contracts are traded in 5000 kg units
(i) Explain the risk that the farmer is exposed to.(5 marks)
(ii) Determine the number of contracts that the farmer can hedge the risk he is exposed to at the
time of harvest in time considering that the price of Sunflower can rise to P6.00 per kg and determine
the total revenue after hedging has been done,

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