Futures and Derivatives: Can Farmer Producer Organisations Take Some of the Risk out of Farming? Now that the government has enacted three farm laws with the objective of free trade in agricultural commodities, it would be of interest to watch the developments in the next year. A farm worker harvests maize crop in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, February 1, 2019. Soybean and maize are two commodities for which FPOs have used the futures market the most. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave Government3 hours ago One of the more important arguments in favour of free agricultural markets, but one that has not been discussed widely in India, is how farmers will be able to participate in commodity derivative exchanges.