If you’ve been waiting to enroll in Farm Girl Next Door’s online courses, Cash Grain Marketing 101 or Grain Marketing 201, they’re now open for enrollment THIS WEEK ONLY (Monday, August 1st – Friday, August 5th)! P.S. I only open the courses up for enrollment a couple times a year, so don’t miss out! Curious…
If you’re selling off the combine but think the market will continue to rally, how can you still stay in the market?
Article written by: Samantha Trcka, Risk Management Associate | StoneX Financial Inc. Ready or not, harvest is here! The long hours spent planning, planting, hoping, and now harvesting can take a toll on a person. Now comes the time to put your marketing plan in action. For some, that plan includes putting the crop into…
The market is trading higher than we’ve seen in years, so why is it so hard to make marketing decisions?
I sold my house about a year and a half ago. You know what the market did after that? Skyrocketed. That’s right. At the time, I thought we were reaching the top. Yet it just. kept. going. higher. So of course, I kept looking back thinking, “Why didn’t I just hold onto it a little…
Feeling apprehensive about your marketing plan pre-report?
Tell me. Are you risk averse, or a risk taker? Here’s where me and the Farm Guy Next Door sit on the scale of risk tolerance: If we’re making a bet on something trivial, I’m more likely to bet $5-10. He’s more likely going to bet at least $50-100. Now, my track record on winning…
This might as well be written in Spanish…
“If ever there was a time to learn and utilize multiple marketing tools, it is this year. The near-term trend of sideways price action is providing you the opportunity now to position yourself with smart preplanned marketing decisions. Invest in the future by controlling volatility with the appropriate marketing tools that are right for you…
Buying a Put Option…Explained!
Also see: one of the most common questions I receive. In this post, I’m going to do my best to help you all understand what a put option is. In typical Farm Girl Next Door fashion, I’m going to do it with an analogy. Here’s the formal definition: A put option gives the option holder…
What did the first group of Cash Grain Marketing 101 students think of the course?
All I can say is, “WOW.” I’m sure you can all relate to this. When you work on something, stress over it, go back and forth on whether it’s good enough or not, and then finally release it, it’s nerve wracking. I mean I sent this course out into the world and then prayed it…
Why we use offers to help execute our marketing plan
Want me to tell you a sin I committed Sunday evening (1/3)? I did what every good marketing advisor says you shouldn’t do. I checked to see if there was a way to remove the firm bid offer we had in for $4.75 cash corn for February delivery to our local grain buyer when the…
2020 – A look back
Ah 2020. The year everyone gave a bad rap. Sure, COVID-19 threw a wrench in things (i.e. like having to reschedule a wedding) but there were some really great things that happened too. So I hope you’re taking the time to reflect on the good that came out of this year before you look towards…
Feeling Bullish? How to use a call option to capture value if the market rallies
One of the most frequently asked questions I get on Farm Girl Next Door is, “How do I use futures & options?” Let’s start by talking Pelotons, because who hasn’t been talking about Peloton bikes and home gyms this year… What if back in January, someone bought an option for $50 that gave them the…