Traders are not out to stab farmers in the back. Trading can basically be boiled down to two simple principles: manage risk (always the most important), and when you find yourself in a good trend, stay with it. That's it. Nothing personal, nothing evil. Do you think traders are the ones driving down the prices of agricultural commodities the past two years? Funny, I don't remember anyone thanking the evil traders for sending farm markets to all-time highs in 2011-12.
Maybe the reason corn/wheat/soy are in a 50%+ bear market is because, I don't know, the world's full of the stuff! It's coming out of every corner it seems like. Maybe it's a stronger dollar, or central bank policies. The reasons are complex and sometimes conflicting. But whatever the price is of something today, that's what it is because that's what the market has decided it should be. The market is always right, and if you're going to participate in it you need to accept that or eventually you're going to get run over.
Blaming other people is no way to go through life. People who blame others are losers, and suck to be around. Winners, if they're going to blame anybody, usually start by looking in the mirror, then figure out what they need to do to change the situation.
Ok, so you're a farmer who's taking it on the chin with these below break-even prices. And I know you've got it tough. Farming's a hard life. All you farmers get my thanks for what you do. But marketing-wise couldn't you have protected yourself with some options, some puts or calls? (I know almost nothing about options and trade only futures.) I bet some have done it. But you're not going to find them on this forum.
