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…
Category: Cash Grain Marketing
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…
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…
CASH GRAIN MARKETING 101 | Your most frequently asked questions ANSWERED
1. I don’t have any experience with grain marketing, will this be over my head? No way! If you’re just getting started and trying to understand grain marketing, this course is for YOU. No prior grain marketing knowledge or experience required–that’s what the course is for! 2. I don’t think I have the time for…
Why should you be tracking cash bids?
I’m forgetful. There, I said it. I’ll own up to it… And now the Farm Guy Next Door just heard (read) me admit it. I have to write things down or else it’s like they disappear into thin air and are never found again. (i.e. some things the Farm Guy Next Door tells me and…
A happy hour coming to a couch near you!
I’m not sure I can properly articulate to you how much I love happy hours. First off, I love deals. Happy hours were made for my deal loving heart. Second, happy hours are the perfect pick-me-up when you just need to chat through things with your people. If you like happy hour as much as…
What does it mean to make Incremental Sales?
I’m trying to put together a gallery wall of wedding pictures in our living room. Have any of you tackled a gallery wall? If you have, you know how overwhelming it is. If you haven’t, let me explain it to you. When I see these beautiful gallery walls with unique pictures of different sizes, shapes,…
Using Futures Pricing Orders During Harvest
Hope harvest is going well for you all! If you’re reading this in the tractor, it should provide you between 2-5 minutes of educational “entertainment.” 🙂 Over here, we just finished up beans and moved on to corn. Considering we’re in the thick of harvest, let’s talk harvest marketing and a strategy that may be…