By: Wm. Bruce Clevenger, Field Specialist, Farm Management
The registration deadline is approaching for the Basics of Grain Marketing Workshop, February 8 & 9, 2024 at the OSU Extension Union County Office in Marysville, Ohio. Registration deadline is January 20th. No grain marketing experience is required. This in-person workshop offers education and farm ready strategies on topics such as: basis, market carry, margins, cash markets, forward and futures contracts, hedge to arrive and basis contracts, differed price, hedging, storage, and overviews on options, spreads, and crop insurance. It’s “more than a 2-day workshop”, featuring pre-workshop virtual lesson on calculating grain cost of production and measure of risk comfort. Workshop content will include workshop content and activities, plus a panel of industry professionals. A post-workshop grain marketing peer group will be offered to strengthen learning into action. The workshop has 35 limited seats.
Expert instructors: Seungki Lee, The Ohio State University, Grant Gardner, University of Kentucky, and Ben Brown, University of Missouri. For more information and registration, visit https://go.osu.edu/grainmarketing
Registration is $100 and includes two full days of training and materials, lunches, refreshments, and a networking reception/dinner on the evening of February 8th. Lodging is own your own, however a block of rooms at a discounted rate are being held up until the registration deadline at a local hotel. More information can be found at the online registration.
This workshop is possible by the support of grower checkoff dollars via the Ohio Soybean Council and Ohio Corn & Wheat. This workshop is led by Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio State University Farm Financial Management & Policy Institute.
