2017 Grain Marketing Strategies Workshop to be held on Dec. 6 in Argonia
Submitted to Sumner Newscow — “The 2017 Grain Marketing Strategies Workshop,” sponsored through the Sumner and Harper County KSU Extension Services, is designed to help Kansas crop producers make profitable marketing decisions for their crops in 2017. The workshop will be held Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Argonia Friends Church.
Daniel O’Brien, Extension Grain Marketing Specialist from K-State and KSU Department of Agriculture Economics professor, will be the guest speaker. He will help Kansas crop producers make profitable marketing decisions for their 2017 crops.
Registration begins at 8:45 a.m., and the program lasts from 9 a.m. till noon. There is no cost for the program in one pre-registers by Nov. 30, but $5 for those registering after or at the door.
Workshop participants will be provided three things:Â
•First, a current grain market situation and outlook for corn, grain sorghum, wheat and soybeans will be presented.
•Second, a review will be provided of the top performing grain marketing strategies for these same crops since 1990, including pre-harvest pricing, harvest cash sales, and post-harvest marketing strategies. Discussions will include an evaluation of how on-farm and commercial storage, futures hedges and forward contracts, and put and call options have performed.
•Third, as a group, workshop participants will have the opportunity to test drive potential 2017 grain marketing strategies, working through probable 2017 Kansas grain price outcomes and trends as a group, and examining how various marketing strategies and tools would be expected to perform.
To pre-register for this workshop contact either Jenni Carr, Extension Agent for Harper County, at 620-842-5445, jlcarr@ksu.edu, or Randy Hein, extension agent for Sumner County at 620-326-7477, rvhein@ksu.edu.
