Grain Options and Marketing Club

Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu

Grain markets have been difficult to navigate over the course of the year with extreme price volatility. There has been renewed interest in using options to mitigate risk. Iowa State University’s Ag Decision Maker has a plethora of publications on trading options. For those looking to learn more about grain marketing using option tools, check out the following website:

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/crops/html/a2-66.html

Delaware Cooperative Extension is starting a grain marketing club. The inaugural meeting will be this August. Options and other marketing topics will be discussed. More information is to come in the following weeks.