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I will visiting Alberta this week as a guest of Pioneer Hi-Bred giving presentations in
Nov.2 at the Vegreville Social Centre
Nov 3 at the Westlock Memorial Hall
Nov 4 at the Camrose Regional Exhibition.
I think Pioneer can accomodate a few more farmers, if you want to attend, send me an email at moe.agostino@farms.com
Here is the agenda, if you are interested,
Moe Agostino,
Managing Commodity Strategist
Farms.com Risk Management
Objectives of the Seminar:
- To help you increase your profitability through the use of a price risk management plan for your operation
- To provide you with the knowledge and skills required to incorporate hedging with commodity futures and options into your price risk management plan
Agenda
9:00 – 9:15: Welcome and introductions
9:15 – 10:45: Introduction to how futures markets operate and how to shed price risk with futures
10:45 – 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00: How options markets work and how to hedge with options
12:00 – 1:00: Lunch and Pioneer Agronomic presentation – Ray Gauthier
1:00 – 2:30: Learning how to read market trends and signals with technical analysis in order to
manage price risk.
2:30 – 2:45: Coffee Break
2:45 – 3:00: Pioneer Hi-Bred fall programs.
3:00 – 4:15: Putting it all together - How to develop a risk management plan for your farm.
4:15 – 5:00: Questions and wrap up.
I will visiting Alberta this week as a guest of Pioneer Hi-Bred giving presentations in
Nov.2 at the Vegreville Social Centre
Nov 3 at the Westlock Memorial Hall
Nov 4 at the Camrose Regional Exhibition.
I think Pioneer can accomodate a few more farmers, if you want to attend, send me an email at moe.agostino@farms.com
Here is the agenda, if you are interested,
Moe Agostino,
Managing Commodity Strategist
Farms.com Risk Management
Objectives of the Seminar:
- To help you increase your profitability through the use of a price risk management plan for your operation
- To provide you with the knowledge and skills required to incorporate hedging with commodity futures and options into your price risk management plan
Agenda
9:00 – 9:15: Welcome and introductions
9:15 – 10:45: Introduction to how futures markets operate and how to shed price risk with futures
10:45 – 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00: How options markets work and how to hedge with options
12:00 – 1:00: Lunch and Pioneer Agronomic presentation – Ray Gauthier
1:00 – 2:30: Learning how to read market trends and signals with technical analysis in order to
manage price risk.
2:30 – 2:45: Coffee Break
2:45 – 3:00: Pioneer Hi-Bred fall programs.
3:00 – 4:15: Putting it all together - How to develop a risk management plan for your farm.
4:15 – 5:00: Questions and wrap up.