Marketing and Risk Management Links Online

Marketing & Risk Management

www.agribiz.com/markets.html -- Agribiz Markets and Analysis market quotes, links, decision tools. Links to historical charts and data.

www.agribiz.com/ngfa -- A wealth of risk management and marketing resources on the Web, compiled under the National Grain and Feed Association Risk Management Education Project.

www.grainfarmer.com/grainmarkets.htm -- The Grain Marketing Page — Good links and information about the grains markets.

www.prairielinks.com -- Prairie Links One of Canada’s best ag websites with good links to various facets of farming, including grain marketing, in North America and around the world.

www.solarmatrix.com/chartroom -- Historical charts going back to 1960 for beans, corn, wheat, including seasonals (‘71 to current, ‘80 to current, ‘90 to current).

www.grainline.com -- Daily LDP checker, archived LDP rates, income estimator.

www.agr.gc.ca/mad-dam/e/index2e.htm   -- Agriculture Canada’s Market Analysis Division grains outlook, including specialty crops.

futures.tradingcharts.com -- Free daily, weekly, monthly, and historical grain pricing charts.

www.ndmarketmanager.org -- North Dakota Grain Growers Association web site with links to marketing clubs in ND, local cash prices, weather, ndgga info, and pros/cons of grain contracts.

www.montanamarketmanager.org -- Montana Grain Growers Association marketing and risk management web site

www.smallgrains.org -- Website of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers and the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council, with daily news, weather forecasts customized by zip code, regional calendar of events, small grains production library, wheat trade, production, and nutrition facts, wheat research information, Prairie Grains archives, grain market quotes and charts, local elevator charting and basis information, local grain prices and LDP links, and “Betsy’s Bulls and Bears” (grain market Q&A).

Universities & Government

usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports -- USDA Reports.

www.agrisk.umn.edu -- National Ag Risk Education Library (Be sure to click and bookmark “Search by Topic” link).  Also includes specialty crop library.

www.econ.iastate.edu/agrisk -- Iowa State University Managing Risks and Profits website, including link (“learning modules and software”) to a 15 module interdisciplinary educational program for the nation’s grain producers, agri-business persons, and educators, with 18 authors from across the country.

www.agnr.umd.edu/MCE/Publications
-- University of Maryland Grain Marketing On-line Library (Marketing reference guide with five major sections) Click on link “Ag Economics and Financial Matters.”

 www.extension.iastate.edu/feci/homepage.html -- Iowa State University Extension Farm Economics .

www.rma.usda.gov/pubs/rme/fctsht.html -- USDA Risk Management Agency fact sheets on crop insurance alternatives and grain contracts such as hedge-to-arrive, basis, deferred and minimum price.

http://mastermarketer.tamu.edu -- Texas A&M Master Marketer Program; see links under “Marketing Club Resources.”

www.montana.edu/extensionecon/Marketing/agmarketing.html -- Montana State University Ag Marketing Page, including links to USDA weekly export volume report (a good indicator of how export volume is materializing for the current marketing year) monthly wheat exports by class, and fundamental charts.  Also, online workshops on grain marketing topics.

www.agmanager.info/crops -- Kansas State University information on crop marketing, budgets, and policy issues to assist producers in making marketing and management decisions.

www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/cropmkt/cropmkt.htm -- NDSU Crop Management and Risk Management.

www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/SJ_GR850.txt -- Daily USDA National Grain Market Summary.

www.ianr.unl.edu/kendrick/grains.htm -- Grain Marketing Links.

www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/market/contents.htm -- MSU Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library.

www.msu.edu/user/hilker -- Price Probabilities, Michigan State University.

www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/agmas -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Evaluation of the pricing performance, risk and marketing style of Agricultural Market Advisory Services.  Also, links to marketing newsletters, pricing strategies and marketing tools.

www.apec.umn.edu/faculty/eusset -- Ed Usset’s Minnesota Grain Marketing Page.

agecon.okstate.edu/anderson/index.asp -- Kim Anderson’s Crop Marketing and Risk Management Home Page.

Commodity Exchanges

www.mgex.com -- Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

www.cbot.com -- Chicago Board of Trade.  The Link to “knowledge Center” has ag marketing background .

www.kcbt.com -- Kansas City Board of Trade.

www.wce.ca   -- Winnipeg Commodity Exchange.

Livestock and Forage Marketing Links

www.lmic.info -- Livestock Marketing Information Center.

www.cattlehedging.com -- Cattle marketing information.

www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/lsmkt/livestock.htm -- NDSU Livestock Economics.

www.ranchers.net -- Marketing information for ranchers.

www.hayexchange.com -- Internet Hay Exchange: Hay locator, livestock market and equipment links.