Iowa Commodity Challenge
| For Iowa Commodity Challenge market simulation instructions and example marketing plans, please click here. |
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| Topic | Presentation | PDF Handout | Presenter |
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| 1. Introduction to Crop Marketing | Video | Handout | Chad Hart, ISU Extension and Outreach |
| 2. Successful Market Planning | Video | Handout | Ed Kordick, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation |
| 3. Futures Hedging | Video | Handout | Ed Kordick, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation |
| 4. Futures Hedging and Basis Movement | Video | Handout | Ed Kordick, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation |
| 5. Using Crop Contracts | Video | Handout | Ray Jenkins, ISU Crop Marketing Extension Educator |
| 6. Working with Your Grain Merchandiser | Video | Handout | Ray Jenkins, ISU Crop Marketing Extension Educator |
| 7. Basis, Carry and Cost of Ownership | Video | Handout | Steve Johnson, ISU Extension and Outreach |
| 8. Forward Cash Contracts | Video | Handout | Steve Johnson, ISU Extension and Outreach |
| 9. Margin Flows | Video | Handout | Chad Hart, ISU Extension and Outreach |
| 10. Basic Options, Intrinsic and Time Value | Video | Handout | Chad Hart, ISU Extension and Outreach |
| 11. Store Cash Bushels and Buy Put Option | Video | Handout | Ed Kordick, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation |
| 12. Sell Cash Bushels and Buy Call Option | Video | Handout | Ed Kordick, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation |
| 13. Pre-Harvest Marketing New Crop | Video | Handout | Steve Johnson, ISU Extension and Outreach |
| 14. Conquer Marketing Concerns | Video | Handout | Steve Johnson, ISU Extension and Outreach |
| 15. Does Storing Unpriced Crops Really Pay? (NEW) | Video | Handout | Steve Johnson, ISU Extension and Outreach |
| View all videos on the ISU Extension and Outreach Iowa Commodity Challenge Vimeo channel. | |||
For the UPDATED Iowa Commodity Challenge Marketing Tool Workbook, please click here.
For the 2020 Estimated Costs of Production, please click here.
For the Crop Marketing Matrix (tools that fit different market situations), please click here.
For blank Marketing Planning & Transaction Log Worksheets (editable), please click here.
Updated: For the 2020-21 Iowa Commodity Challenge Weekly Tracking Table and Charts (04/07/21), please click here.
Updated: For the 2021 New Crop Iowa Commodity Challenge Weekly Tracking Table and Charts (04/07/21), please click here.
Information is also available at www.iowafarmbureau.com. Questions? Contact Ed Kordick
Updated April 8, 2021