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

Market Club Facilitator and Ag Economics Group In-service

The annual in-service training for market club facilitators and the Extension ag. economics group was held at the Carrington Research and Extension Center on October 4, 2011, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

PowerPoint presentations are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) :

• Forecast for Wheat Loan Rates for 2012 - Dwight Aakre PDF
• Estimated Loss Due to Prevented Planting 2011 - Dwight Aakre PDF
• Fixed and Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements - Dwight Aakre PDF
• Average Crop Revenue Election - Dwight Aakre PDF
• CRP Update - Dwight Aakre PDF
• 2012 Farm Bill - Dwight Aakre PDF
• Crop Update and Marketing Outlook - Frayne Olson PDF
• Cattle Situation and Outlook - Tim Petry PDF
• North Dakota Crop Land Values and Rents - Andy Swenson PDF

Educational Materials

• Ag Marketing Guidebook (a joint project of the Cooperative Extension Service, Farm Credit and Chicago Mercantile Exchange)
• Planning the Farm Business PDF
• Managing Price Risk PDF
• Marketing Strategy for Grain PDF
• Marketing Strategy for Livestock PDF
• Understanding Basis PDF
• Using Futures Markets PDF
• Using Agricultural Options PDF
• Ag Marketing Guidebook Outline (presentations)
• Planning the Farm Business PDF
• Managing Price Risk PDF
• Marketing Strategy for Grain PDF
• Marketing Strategy for Livestock PDF
• Understanding Basis PDF
• Using Futures Markets PDF
• Using Agricultural Options PDF
• 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
• Elevator Contracts PDF
• Options PDF
• Purchase Put: Canola PDF
• Purchase Put: Wheat PDF
• Purchase Put: Feeder Cattle PDF
• Window PDF
• Evaluation PDF