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Market Clubs

North Dakota Marketing Clubs

Call your local county Extension agent or local farm and ranch business management instructor for a club nearest you. Most clubs will allow visitors but please check with the club facilitator before attending a meeting.

Marketing Club Information for North Dakota Program PDF

Marketing Club Performance PDF

The 2012 in-service was held September 26, 2012 at the Farmers Union State Office in Jamestown, North Dakota.

PowerPoint presentations are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) :

2012-2013 Crop Market Outlook: Where do we go from here?
(Market Club In-service, Sept. 26, 2012) PDF
Renewable Fuels Mandate: Does it make a difference?
(Market Club In-service, Sept. 26, 2012) PDF
Cattle Situation and Outlook - Tim Petry (Sept. 26, 2012) PDF

Ag Marketing Guidebook (a joint project of the Cooperative Extension Service, Farm Credit and Chicago Mercantile Exchange)

Self-Study Guide to Hedging with Grain and Oilseed Futures and Options - Chicago Board of Trade. Introduces the fundamentals of futures and options trading and offers risk management strategies and applications, from both a buyer's and a seller's perspective. The booklet also includes a glossary of terms and an answer guide for each chapter quiz. PDF
Futures and Options Workbook - Minneapolis Grain Exchange. A great classroom and workshop tool, this workbook defines futures and options with examples, worksheets and self tests.PDF
Managing Price and Risk: Case Study - The purpose of this exercise is to let you create your own marketing plan, examine crop insurance, execute contracts and futures/option hedges, and investigate the interaction of marketing and financial risk management strategies. PDF
MGEX Agricultural Index Futures and Options - Five ag index futures and options contracts. Full page - 4/page
Sell or Store Wheat, Corn and Soybeans Excel
Sell or Store Canola Excel
Exercises