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Risk management and marketing information online By Tracy Sayler The following might not be the most definitive listing of online marketing and
risk management information, but it's pretty darn close. Commodity Exchanges
Minneapolis Grain Exchange--- http://www.mgex.com
Chicago Board of Trade-- http://www.cbot.com
Kansas City Board of Trade-- http://www.kcbt.com
Chicago Mercantile Exchange-- http://www.cme.com
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange --
http://www.wce.mb.ca/market/activepages/market.htm
Land-Grant Universities
Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library (Michigan State Univ.)
http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/market/contents.htmJim Hilker's Market Outlook and
Probabilistic Price Forecasts for Livestock and Grains (MSU) http://www.msu.edu/user/hilker
Agricultural Market Advisory Services, Univ. of Illinois (Be sure to visit "Ask An Expert" link. Also includes pricing performance evaluations of market
advisory services) http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~agmas
Managing Risks and Profits (Iowa State)
http://idea.exnet.iastate.edu/idea/marketplace/risk-mgmt/index.html
NDSU Crops and Farm Management Topic Index http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/subcrop.htm
Risk Exposure and Risk Management with Various Grain Pricing Tools (Univ. of Ill. and Iowa State Univ.) http://idea.exnet.iastate.edu/idea/marketplace/risk-mgmt/module/m odule7.htm
Farm Decision Outreach Central (FARM.DOC)
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/farmdoc
University of Maryland Grain Marketing On-Line Library (good basic info)
http://www.arec.umd.edu/areces/Grain/Library.htm
University of Nebraska Institute of
Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/farmmgt
AgriGator (Univ. Of Florida)Market News
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/WWW/AGATOR/HTM/AGMARKET. HTM
Farmer's Guide To The Internet (TVA Rural Studies, Univ. Of Kentucky)
http://www.rural.org/Farmers_Guide/Agriculture/Market_
Information.htm
Midwest Market Analysis (South Dakota State University) http://www.abs.sdstate.edu/abs/mma.htm
National Ag Risk Education Library maintained by the University of Minnesota's Center for Farm Financial Management
http://www.agrisk.umn.edu
Texas Ag Extension Service International Agribusiness Marketing and Trade Resource Page http://agrinet.tamu.edu/intlagmktg/index.htm
Texas Risk Management Education Program http://trmep.tamu.edu/guide.htm
Government information
Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (click on "Reports and Publications" link for online publication, "Agricultural Trade Options—What Agricultural Producers Need To Know")
http://www.cftc.gov
USDA National Ag Statistics Service
http://www.usda.gov/nass/
USDA Ag Marketing Service
http://www.ams.usda.gov/
USDA Economic Research Service http://www.econ.ag.gov/
ERS Report "Managing Risk in Farming: Concepts, Research, and Analysis"
http://www.econ.ag.gov/epubs/pdf/aer774/
USDA World Ag Outlook Board http://www.usda.gov/agency/oce/waob/waob.htm
USDA Risk Management Education (good online
risk management fact sheets) http://www.usda.gov/rma/rme/index.html
Commercial information services
AgCast (market info via computer) http://www.agcast.com
Doane Agricultural Services http://www.doane.com
DTN AgDayta http://www.agdayta.com
ProFarmer http://www.profarmer.com
Reuters Inform (real-time market data and prices) http://www.reutersinform.com/irtmkt/inform.html
Successful Farming http://www.agriculture.com/
Grain organizations
Minnesota Wheat/ND Grain Growers http://www.smallgrains.org
Mont. Grain Growers Association MarketManager
http://www.montanamarketmanager.org
North Dakota Wheat Commission http://www.ndwheat.com
Miscellaneous
AgriBiz Markets and
Analysis (good links to market quotes, resources, decision tools) http://www.agribiz.com/markets.html
Canadagrain http://www.canadagrain.com
Crop Insurance Handbook
http://www.indy.net/~cropins/handbook.html
Futures and Options Resources on the Web
http://w3.ag.uiuc.edu/ACE/ofor/resource.htm
Farm Business Management Information Network
(includes link to market bulletins) http://fbminet.ca/index-e.htm
The Grains World-Wide Web Virtual Library
http://www.grdc.com.au/vl/index.html
The Grain Marketing Page (a gold mine of private and public links) http://www.grainfarmer.com/grainmarkets.htm
Send for free publication, "Building a Risk Management Plan"
The USDA Risk Management Agency publication "Building a Risk  Management Plan" includes a good list of risk
management resources including extension service materials, multimedia, commodity exchange resources, web sites, books, and government information. It also includes easy-to-read articles on risk management and
marketing topics. To receive a free copy of the revised edition of the August, 1998 publication, email a request to RMA_mail @wdc.fsa.usda.gov. It may also be found online at
http://www. usda.gov/rma/rme. If you do not have email, contact your
local extension service, nearest USDA office, the North Dakota Grain Growers Association at 1-800-932-8822, or the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, 1-800-242-6118.
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