risk management

CropVillage 0079 Show Notes:

• On the trail with ProFarmer's Leading Edge Seminar in Des Moines. First stop...Editor Chip Flory shares his thoughts on the opportunities presented by the current economy
• Senior Market Analyst Brian Grete advises getting your risk management program online and in practise ASAP
• Identifying micro-nutrient deficiencies in your soybean fields may allow for foliar fixing yet this

CropVillage 0057 Show Notes:

• Rice shipments halted out of Brazil.  Seems to be a crisis without a cause but we take a look at rice issues abroad and in the U.S.
• Looks like the western snow pack is at a multi-year high.  Good news for grains to the west
• Risk and the farm bill discussions.  KSU's Art Barnaby looks at producer alternatives in today's marketplace 

CropVillage 0042a Show Notes:

• Scott Stewart of Stewart Peterson shares risk management concepts with Commodity Classic attendees

CropVillage 0039 Show Notes:

• New technology needs scaling but promising potential for on-farm processing
• Biofuels industry driven by energy legislation
• New energy-providing plants should utilize the equipment you're using today
• Seed insecticides similar in many ways
• Managing Risk with Farms.com Risk Management