By Jay Parsons, Department of Agricultural Economics, and Jim Jansen, Nebraska Extension Educator
Nebraska Extension will be hosting beef cattle marketing workshops at three locations during the month of February. Join Dr. Jay Parsons, Dr. Kate Brooks, and Jim Jansen with Nebraska Extension as they present information and tools designed to help you manage market risk to achieve your revenue goals. Topics covered during the workshop include determining your cost of production, understanding your market environment, and reviewing available marketing tools. Specific marketing tools covered during the workshop include futures and options as well as Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance. The workshop is designed to lead you down the path toward developing a marketing plan that fits your situation and helps you achieve your market risk management goals.
MANAGING MARKET RISK: PROTECTING PROFITS IN A VOLATILE CATTLE MARKET
Dates and locations of the programs are as follows:
Thursday, February 18, 2016 from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
Bloomfield Community Center, 101 S. Broadway, Bloomfield, NE
Contact: Nebraska Extension Office in Cedar County at 402-254-6821.
Friday, February 19, 2016 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Holt County Extension Office, 126 N. 6th Street, O’Neill, NE
Contact: Gary Stauffer at 402-336-2760.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Farm Credit Service of America Conference Room, 4865 Old Monastery Rd., Columbus, NE
Contact: Allan Vyhnalek at 402-563-4901.
These workshops do not have a cost for attending and a complementary meal will be provided, but registration is required two days prior to the event to provide for an accurate meal count. The workshops are supported by the North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center and USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2012-49200-20032.
For more information or to register for the events, please call the contact number listed.
Jay Parsons
Farm and Ranch Management Specialist
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
402-472-1911
jparsons4@unl.edu
Jim Jansen
Extension Educator
Cedar and Knox County Extension
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
jjansen4@unl.edu