K-State Research and Extension presents “Winning-The-Game” Corn Marketing Workshop scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the Neosho County Fairground Community Building in Erie, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
This workshop will focus on developing pre-harvest marketing strategies for the 2021 corn crop. The emphasis will be on using cost of production and seasonal price trend tendencies to develop seasonally flexible 2021 corn marketing plans. A variety of marketing tools will be used in the workshop including forward, basis and hedge-to-arrive contracts, short futures hedges, and put/call options.
Instructors for the workshop are Mark Nelson, director of commodities for Kansas Farm Bureau, and Daniel O’Brien, Extension Agricultural Economist, Kansas State University.
Preregister by contacting any of the following Wildcat or Southwind Extension District offices; Girard (620-784-8233) or Erie (620-224-3826). Pre-registration cost is free, but there will be a $5 registration fee at the door. Attendance is limited to the first 40 registrants to be within COVID-19 safety guidelines.
The workshop series is sponsored by KFB and the North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center. Local sponsors for the Erie workshop include: Frontier Farm Credit, Community National Bank, and Home Savings Bank.
