Marketing Clubs - Resource Library

Marketing Club Resource Library

Welcome to the new and improved Montana MarketManager Club Resource Library. In our continuing efforts to better serve the educational needs of the Marketing Clubs and producers, we have compiled an extensive list of educational resources to help clubs and producers learn more about grain and livestock marketing.

The links below will take you to group of educational materials or curriculum that relate to a specific grain or livestock marketing topic. There is a description of each piece of educational material and a link that will allow you to directly access it on the Internet. This list is by no means a complete list and we will always be on the lookout for more current or better material. If you run across something that you feel should be included in this library, please let us know and we will see that it gets included. 

Table of Contents

General Marketing & Risk Management

Introduction to Risk Management
General Futures & Options
Implementing Futures & Options
Marketing Plans

Grain Marketing Topics

Grain Basis
Grain Contracts
Grain Futures & Options
Loan Deficiency Payments
Miscellaneous Grain Marketing

Livestock Marketing Topics

Cattle Basis
Cattle Marketing Plans & Strategies
Cattle Price Discovery & Variation

Related Marketing and Risk Management Links

National Ag Risk Education Library
The most complete searchable library of marketing and risk management topics available.

Kansas State University AgManager.info
Material designed for use by marketing clubs on contracts, futures, options and other risk management topics.

Texas AM University Master Marketer Program
Includes short lessons on basis, options, marketing plan, price risk, contracts and marketing terms.

Nebraska Extension Ag Manager's Toolbox
Topics on understanding market trends, futures, options, pricing, technical analysis and contracts.