AMARILLO–Add one more to a growing list of Texas Cooperative Extension’s producer-oriented management training programs, says Dr. Steve Amosson, farm management economist at Amarillo.
On Dec. 16-17, Extension will offer intensive training to develop next year’s marketing strategies for feedgrains. The course is part of the Advanced Topics Series Extension is introducing this year.
The training runs two full days, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Registration is $150 per participant, which includes cost of materials, breaks and lunches. Advance registration is required. Forms are available through Extension offices in counties and through Fran Bretz in Amarillo at (806) 677-5600.
The course is designed especially for producers and will feature fundamentals, technical signals, seasonal trends in cash, basis and contracts for feed grains. In addition, different marketing strategies will be discussed for pre- and post-harvest marketing.
The objective is for each producer to leave the course with a written marketing plan for their operation for the upcoming year. This course will be taught at a highly applied level using a combination lecture, small work groups and simulation exercises to maximize the learning experience. The course is similar to Master Marketer’s intensive training environment.
Speakers include Amosson and Mark Waller, an Extension grain marketing and policy economist at Texas A&M University. They are co-directors of the national award-winning Master Marketer Training Series. Both have taught over 100 beginning and advanced marketing courses since the program started in the early ’90s.
Partial funding for this year’s ATS program is provided by the Southern Region Risk Management Education Center. It is underwritten by the sponsors of the Master Marketer Educational System, Texas Wheat Producers Board, Texas Corn Producers Board, Texas Farm Bureau, State Cotton Support Committee and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
For details, call Amosson or Bretz at (806) 677-5600; or contact your local county Extension office.
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