https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/5.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/411226.aspxSun, 03 Apr 2011 15:25:40 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:411226Think Blue0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/411226.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=411226<p> <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/university/futures/futures2.asp" target="_blank" title="http://www.investopedia.com/university/futures/futures2.asp">http://www.investopedia.com/university/futures/futures2.asp</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/411168.aspxSun, 03 Apr 2011 04:38:36 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:411168Tex2002ans0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/411168.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=411168<p> Bob Murphy&#39;s article &quot;The Social Function of Futures Markets&quot;:</p> <p> http://mises.org/daily/2399</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/411119.aspxSat, 02 Apr 2011 22:07:04 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:411119fakename0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/411119.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=411119<p> I read that futures contracts help farmers but I don&#39;t know how they specifically do this.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> If&nbsp; I&#39;m a farmer and I sell futures contracts to insure myself against future low prices, do I get money from the futures contract when it matures and this is the insurance or do I get money from the futures in the present when I first sell it to a willing buyer and this money will make provide the insurance against low prices?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>