You need 70,000 bushels of corn for your production operations next month. The futures contracts on corn are based on 5,000 bushels and are currently quoted at 371.25 cents per bushel for delivery next month. If you want to hedge your cost, you should contracts at a cost of per contract.

Driving would be more pleasant if we didn't have to put up with the bad habits of other drivers. a newspaper reported the results of a valvoline oil company survey of 500 drivers in which the drivers marked their complaints about other drivers. the top complaints turned out to be tailgating, marked by 24% of the respondents; not using turn signals, marked by 19%; being cut off, marked by 15%; other drivers driving too slowly, marked by 12%; and other drivers being inconsiderate marked by 5%.