Last Weekend To Register: OMAF Grain Marketing Workshop (March 21, Cobourg)
We've extended the registration deadline for this informative OMAF marketing workshop to next Tuesday at 5pm.
So don't delay, get your name on the list today!
Register Now for Cashing in Through Grain Marketing Workshop!
Date: Friday March 21, 2014
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Northumberland County Boardroom, 600 William Street Cobourg, ON
Cost: $50 per person (includes lunch)
This is an opportunity for grain producers to generate confidence in developing and executing a grain marketing plan by exploring the basics of commodity grain marketing. The workshop focus is on market fundamentals, cost of production, pros and cons of marketing tools to manage price risk and an introduction to hedging with futures and put options.
Workshop Topics:
- Market terminology
- Cash market price components (Futures + Basis)
- Cash market pricing tools (Cash at Harvest, Storage, Forward Contracting, Basis Contract, Futures First Contract)
- Hedging with futures and put options
- Cost of production
- Bring it all together in a plan
Workshop Leaders:
- John Bancroft, OMAF and MRA Market Strategies Program Lead
- John Molenhuis, OMAF and MRA Business Analysis and Cost of Production Program
Pre-register by: Tuesday March 18, 2014
To register: www.grainmarketing.eventbrite.ca
For more details, contact: jay@farmsatwork.ca | (705) 743-7671