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Using Futures and Options Intelligently to Manage Price Risk
by Dan Manternach
Past President of Pro Farmer
Technical analysis of price charts is a skill a lot of producers are developing to give them a competitive edge in marketing to match their competitive edge in cost of production. This online seminar, presented in ten daily installments, explains the nine major technical tools and how they can be used to enhance your marketing.

Online Seminar - Part 1 - Background

The Nine Major Technical Tools:
Online Seminar - Part 2 - Trendlines
Online Seminar - Part 3 - Volume and Open Interest
Online Seminar - Part 4 - Moving Averages
Online Seminar - Part 5 - Overbought/Oversold Oscillator
Online Seminar - Part 6 - The Williams %R Oscillator
Online Seminar - Part 7 - Relative Strength Index
Online Seminar - Part 8 - Stochastics
Online Seminar - Part 9 - Average Directional Movement Index
Online Seminar - Part 10 - Williams Accumulation/Distribution Index (ADI)


The Top Seven Megatrends Shaping Each Decade from the 70's through the 90's with a forecast for the 00's
By Dan Manternach, Pro Farmer
Click here to read the presentation prepared by Dan Manternach for the recent MGGA convention. The presentation has been updated to go beyond the megatrends of the 70's, 80's, and 90's and look out through the first decade of the 21st century. MGGA is the first to see the updated version of Manternach's popular megatrends presentation.


Livestock Articles

Updated January 27, 2006

Proceedings from 4-State Backgrounding Conference - August, 2004
(These articles are in pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat. Click here for free download.)

Nutrition and Management Programs for Calves
Proactive Drought Management - Do You Have to Run Out of Forage Before Managing?
Feeding Coproducts of the Ethanol Industry to Beef Cattle
Health Programs
Cattle, Beef & Grain Market Outlook & Implications for Backgrounding Systems

Drought Management Strategies for Beef Cattle
by: John Paterson, Rick Funston, and Ron Carlstrom from Montana State University and Greg Lardy from North Dakota
State University
(This article is in pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat. Click here for free download.)