MGuide05


	Issue 71 Prairie Grains


	Prairie Grains is the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, Montana Grain Growers Association and South Dakota Wheat, Inc.




	Price outlook for 2005 harvest Marketing the ‘05 Crop: what area grain marketing groups are discussing “Don’t Call Me an Expert --This is Just the Way I do Things” - Using a Marketing Service to Help Sell Grain Get yourself a grain marketing map - Establish a pre-harvest marketing plan for 2006 Strategies for avoiding (or at least minimizing) market discounts Corn fundamentals Wheat fundamentals Soybean fundamentals Barley Sunflower Flax Durum After 125 years, MGEX remains focused on the future A look at who’s been buying your wheat Basic hedge-to-arrive contract fact sheet News Briefs Plan grain sales, estimate expected net price Will expected grain price returns justify storage costs? Your local basis: a key influence on your cash grain price Tips on storing scabby wheat Marketing and Risk Management software, online calculators Less Volatility Expected For ‘05 Protein Premiums, Discounts Grain Selling Tools and When to Use Them Marketing & Risk Management online links Online S/D Balance Sheets Give Price Forecasts Marketing Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated To Be Profitable Tips in Considering a Marketing Advisory Service Upcoming Grain Association Meetings