Ed Usset
Join the Back to School with Ed Usset class! This amazing new feature of Corn & Soybean Digest, in cooperation with Ed Usset and the Center for Farm Financial Management. Ed’s challenging and authentic quiz questions are designed to test your grain marketing knowledge, and will help you learn while having fun! Ed Usset is the author of “Grain Marketing is Simple, It’s Just Not Easy,” and is a grain marketing specialist at the University of Minnesota.
Grain Markets are Mysteries, Not Puzzles
Jan 1, 2010, By Ed Usset
On a cold winter night, few things are better than a warm drink and a good book. One of my favorite contemporary authors is Malcolm Gladwell, and his...
Converging on a Problem
Dec 1, 2009, By Ed Usset
Instructors love teachable moments headlines or events that shed light on an important concept in the classroom. Convergence problems in futures markets,...
Corn and Soybean Markets To Be Thankful For
Nov 15, 2009, BY ED USSET
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. Family and friends gather to exchange simple gifts of good food and company. Here are just a few of the things we...
The Ups and Downs To A Proactive Grain Marketing Approach | Pick Your Poison
Nov 1, 2009, By Ed Usset
As a corn and soybean producer, you know the pain and pleasure of pricing grain in many different types of markets. Consider the following two scenarios...
Proactive Marketing | Farmers Need to Take A Proactive Approach When It Comes To Marketing Corn and Soybeans
Oct 1, 2009, By Ed Usset
I like a proactive approach to grain marketing. It demands that you look and plan ahead with your grain pricing decisions. Preharvest pricing decisions...
Make Your Postharvest Marketing Plan Now
Sep 1, 2009, By Ed Usset
The time to ponder your marketing options postharvest is before combines start rolling. Your best alternatives are limited to selling at harvest, storing...
Marketing Inlook
Aug 1, 2009, By Ed Usset
I don't do outlook. These are my words and I often use them to open presentations on the topic of grain marketing. I tell my audience that we are about...
Looking Ahead To 2010 And Pricing Corn
Jun 22, 2009, By Ed Usset
If I have a handle on rent and fertilizer prices, I have a pretty good handle on my 2010 production costs. I used the FINBIN data base (the most important and underutilized tool available to farmers) to estimate production costs for corn in southern Minnesota. Assuming four-year average yields of 175 bu./acre, I estimate that I can produce a bushel of corn for $3.60-3.70. This figure assumes a direct government payment of about $20/acre, and includes a labor...
Don’t Forget Last Year’s Crop
Apr 1, 2009, By Ed Usset
Spring is sprung. So why am I thinking about last year's crop that crop you augured into your bin last fall when corn was worth about $3.50 and soybeans...
Courage Calls, Or Puts?
Mar 1, 2009, By Ed Usset
What is the best pricing tool to take advantage of preharvest pricing opportunities? Your choices fall into two categories: fixed-price tools and options-based...
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