2003 Pre-Season Marketing Strategies 1) Be Forward Thinking with Forward Pricing 2) New Generation Grain Marketing Contracts 3) Don’t Underestimate the Impact of Smart Marketing            ----Marketeer 2003 Offers Improved Features 4) Manage Risk with Your Own “Marketing Department”              ----Grain Contracts Offer Caveats, Opportunities              ----When the Experts are Wrong 5) What Marketing Groups Are Discussing Going into Spring Planting 6) Will Markets be Bullish or Bearish? 7) Evaluating Marketing Strategies to Complement Your Crop Insurance 8) Wells Fargo Ag Economist: Markets Buoyed by Bullish, Bearish Factors              ----Do You Know Your Breakeven Price?              ----Breakeven Price for Wheat, Corn, and Soybeans 9) Plan to Lock in Higher Wheat Prices            ----2002 Not the Norm Special Report: Update on Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) Research on wheat and barley at the University of Minnesota. The U of M Small Grains Initiative              ----10 years of FHB (Scab) in MN              ----For More Information about the Small Grains Research Initiative 1993-2003: Through Hell and High Water New U of M Variety “ Oklee” Moderately Resistant to FHB              ----Wheat Geneticist Helps Identify Promising Genes              ----New Plant Pathologist at NWROC – Crookston Investigating and Developing FHB Resistance in Barley              ----Mycotoxin lab Instrumental in DON Analysis                ----Screen Germplasm for FHB              ----New Misting System at WCROC – Morris Transgenic Wheat Exhibits Enhanced Resistance to FHB              ----Cereal Disease Lab Complements UM FHB Research              ----On-Farm Trials and Outreach USDA Ag Outlook: Price Prospects in ’03 Promising, But No ‘Boom’ Expected              ----USDA Grain Outlook for 2003/2004              ----MSU Ag Economist: ‘03 Wheat Prices Lower Than ‘02 Canada Wheat Board Challenged by Import Duties, WTO Complaint Association Perspectives Foresight for Successful Cropping Systems Grain Market Gleanings Taming the Bulls & Bears Rock & Roll Agronomy Small Grains Focus Prairie Ramblings