Hectare Trading has published a manual to assist farmers with their marketing strategies. The company says Grain Marketing: The Essentials provides a practical framework for understanding the cost of production, setting realistic targets, managing market risk and building a year-round grain marketing plan. The book explores several marketing and business areas, including evaluating cost of production, timing versus margin and managing risk. “Grain marketing shouldn’t be a once-a-year gamble based on where farmers think the market might go,” said Andrew Huxham, farmer and co-founder of Hectare Trading. “It needs to be treated as an ongoing part of running a profitable…