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COMMODITY CLASSROOM

                                                                       A Commodity Marketing Education Event

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Thursday, August 8th  

7:30am – 8:00am          Breakfast

8:00am - 8:30am          Welcome & Introductions                                                 Richard Brock

8:30am - 9:15am          The Marketing [Risk Management] Plan                    Jason Moss

• Illustrating how a central plan integrates all areas and tools of market knowledge   

• Developing and implementing a Marketing Plan with appropriate goals & discipline

• Evaluating a Marketing Plan for effective, continuous improvement

9:15am – 10:00am        Futures & Options                                                                   David Behrel

• Common terminology

• Account margin, position limits, rules & regulations

• Order types and their uses

• Call and put option essentials

• Market participants, and the Commitment of Traders Report  

10:00am – 10:30am    Break

10:30am-11:15pm         Fundamental Analysis                                                              Kurt Barth

• Dissecting the components of supply & demand across multiple commodities

• Identifying major production and usage areas, USDA reports, and seasonality 

• Building intelligent price forecast models from analysis

11:15pm - 12:00pm      Technical Analysis                                                          David Brock/Behrel

• Reading charts, trends, and momentum

• Bullish and Bearish futures spreads

• Open interest

• Selecting the technical signals to follow or ignore

• Using technical analysis to time decisions and complement fundamental forecasts

12:00pm – 1:00pm         Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm           Hedging Strategy                                                                         Jason Moss

• Explaining hedging, its objectives, and the math behind it

• Types of orders and their underlying philosophies

• Comparing different kinds of hedging strategies

2:30pm – 3:30pm          Cash Marketing 1                                                                          Kurt Barth

• Understanding what crop basis is and how it works

• Calculating returns to drying and storage, spreads, and carry

3:30pm – 4:00pm           Break & Daily Review                                                 

4:30pm                              Bus Departs for Riverboat Dinner Cruise

Friday, August 9th  

8:00am – 9:00am          Breakfast

8:15am – 9:00am           Advanced Options Strategies                                          Woods/Behrel

• Put / Call Spreads

• Futures Spreads

• ‘Income Augmentation’ Strategies

9:00am – 9:45am          Cash Marketing 2 - Common Cash Contract Pros and Cons                                                                                                                                                                Moss/Barth

• Accelerator, Min/Max, Min Price

• Knockouts and Double Ups

• Options Alternatives

9:45am – 10:30am        USDA Reports – What to Watch For                                Jason Moss

• USDA Supply and Demand

• Quarterly Grain Stocks

• Planting Intentions

11:00am – 12:00pm       Completing Your Marketing Plan                                                       Moss/Barth

Noon                                  Lunch

1:00pm – 3:00pm          Commodity Outlook                                                             Richard Brock

3:30pm - 4:00pm           Closing Comments/Open Q&A

6:00pm                    Bus departs for Miller Park – Northwestern Mutual Legends Club

*Agenda is tentative and subject to minor changes

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