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 Market Club in-service for market club facilitators and Extension farm economic agents was held Sept. 23, 2015, in Minot at the Comfort Inn.
Presentations
- Bio-Energy Update (David Ripplinger) PDF
- Crop Outlook and Marketing Strategies (Frayne Olson) PDF
- Farm Bill Update (Dwight Aakre) PDF
- Livestock Outlook and Marketing Strategies (Tim Petry) PDF
- New Barley and Wheat Crop Insurance Products (Steve Edwardson) PDF
- Oil and Gas Outlook (David Ripplinger) PDF
- Responsiveness of Costs to Crop Profit (Richard Taylor) 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
- Evaluation PDF
