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2011
Risk & Profit Conference
August 18-19, 2011 Manhattan, KS
| The Risk and Profit Conference is hosted annually by the Department of Agricultural Economics that provides an opportunity for key agricultural decision makers to interact with each other and with faculty. |
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2011 Risk and Profit Conference Proceedings |
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GENERAL SESSIONS |
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| SESSION I: Hedging in 2011: What's Changed and What Remains the Same |
Fred Seamon CME Group |
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| SESSION II A: Livestock Market Outlook |
Glynn Tonsor Kansas State University |
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| SESSION II B: Grain Market Outlook |
Dan O'Brien Kansas State University |
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| SESSION III: A Conversation With A Kansas Producer | Kent and Rebecca Ott | |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
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| 1. Making Crop Insurance Volatility Work for You | Art Barnaby |
PDF (Slides) PDF (Discussion) |
| 2. Pre-Harvest Hedging Strategies for Volatile Times | ||
| 3. 2011-2012 Grain Market Outlook and Basis Issues: A Deeper Look | Dan O'Brien | |
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4. Basics of Futures and Options: Part 1 |
Sean Fox | |
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5. Basics of Futures and Options: Part 2 |
Sean Fox | |
| 6. Are We Rational When It Comes to Land Prices? | Bryan Schurle | |
| 7. Tax-free Section 1031 Land Exchanges | Kent Miller | |
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8. Machinery Costs – Forecasting Custom Rates and More… |
Kevin Dhuyvetter | |
| 9. Agricultural Productivity at the National, State, and Farm Level |
PDF (Slides) PDF (Paper) |
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10. What Do We Do with Direct Payments? |
Troy Dumler | |
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11. Macroeconomics and the Business of Farming |
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12. Expectations for Inflation and Interest Rates |
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13. Drivers of Fed Cattle Basis and Implications for Feedlot Operators |
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| 14. International Benchmarking of Beef Production | Michael Langemeier, Claus Deblitz | PDF (Paper) |
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15. The 2010 Centennial Census |
Joe Arata | |
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16. Comparison of 1970’s Farms With Now |
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17. Biofuels Contracting for Cellulosic Feedstocks |
Jason Bergtold, Jason Fewell, Jeff Williams | |
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18. Cropping Decisions, Risk Management Practices, and Willingness to Supply Biomass |
PDF (Survey) | |
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19. Impact Analysis of the Walnut Creek Intensive Groundwater Use Control Area |
Bill Golden, John Leatherman | |
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20. Using a Spreadsheet to Manage Expenses |
Robert Burton, Jr. | |
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21. Agritourism Venturing: Conversations of Possibility in Kansas |
| Previous Risk & Profit Conference Proceedings (2002-2011) |
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committed to making its services, activities and programs accessible to
all participants. If you have special requirements due to a physical,
vision or hearing disability, call the telephone number listed for the
conference location you wish to attend or Clyde Howard, Director of
Affirmative Action, Kansas State University, TTY - (785) 532-4807.
Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, as amended. Kansas State University, County Extension Councils, Extension Districts and United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating, Fred A. Cholick, Director. |
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