Iowa Commodity Challenge
For information on joining the Iowa Commodity Challenge, please click here for the instruction sheet. |
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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 (NEW) | 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. Comparing Storage to Other Marketing Strategies & Tools (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 Iowa Commodity Challenge Marketing Tool Workbook, please click here.
For the 2018 Estimated Costs of Production, please click here.
For the Crop Marketing Matrix (indicates the range of tools that fit different market situations), please click here.
Updated: For the 2017-18 Iowa Commodity Challenge Weekly Tracking Table and Charts (3/14/18), please click here.
Updated: For the 2018 New Crop Iowa Commodity Challenge Weekly Tracking Table and Charts (9/19/18), please click here.
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Updated September 24, 2018
