Participants
will gain knowledge of grain purchasing and experience an export facility
firsthand
Kansas State University’s IGP Institute is offering an IGP–KSU Grain Purchasing course, April 9–20, 2018, to educate professionals on understanding and utilising grain markets. The training will be held at the IGP Institute Conference Centre and will include two separate components and an optional trip to an export facility in Portland, Oregon.
“With the interaction of the personnel from IGP and our teammates, I really think that we’ve not only built a strong relationship between all of us, but we’ve learned a lot from each other and each other’s experiences,” says Kamal Dieck, former course participant and commercial director at Beneficio Dieck. “It really gives you a lot of great and useful knowledge of different aspects of the business.”
Part one of this training will focus on the fundamentals of grain purchasing, and part two will focus on contract pricing and hedging.
The first part of the course will be April 9–12 and will cover topics including USDA grading standards and how they are implemented; how to read a USDA report; examination of world supply and demand for grains; how to establish a proper contract; grain trade rules; and international contracts along with arbitration systems and issues.
The second part of the course will be April 16–20 and will focus on topics including the workings of commodity exchanges, futures trading, hedging and price risk management. This will also involve discussions of futures, options and OTC contracts, and how they are applied to a risk management strategy.
The optional field trip to an export facility in Portland will be April 13–15. Participants will be able to apply information from the course to hands-on experience at this facility.
Jay O’Neil, senior agricultural economist at the IGP Institute, says, “This training will benefit individuals who are responsible for buying US food and feed grains including international grain and soybean buyers, government officials and other professionals responsible for the purchase, shipment and handling of US grains.”
In addition to grain marketing and risk management, the IGP Institute also offers courses in feed manufacturing and grain quality management, and grain processing and flour milling.
To register for this course or to find more information about other upcoming courses, visit the IGP Institute website, HERE.
Kansas State University’s IGP Institute is offering an IGP–KSU Grain Purchasing course, April 9–20, 2018, to educate professionals on understanding and utilising grain markets. The training will be held at the IGP Institute Conference Centre and will include two separate components and an optional trip to an export facility in Portland, Oregon.
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Participants tour the Cargill Westwego
export facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Image credit: IGP-KSU |
“With the interaction of the personnel from IGP and our teammates, I really think that we’ve not only built a strong relationship between all of us, but we’ve learned a lot from each other and each other’s experiences,” says Kamal Dieck, former course participant and commercial director at Beneficio Dieck. “It really gives you a lot of great and useful knowledge of different aspects of the business.”
Part one of this training will focus on the fundamentals of grain purchasing, and part two will focus on contract pricing and hedging.
The first part of the course will be April 9–12 and will cover topics including USDA grading standards and how they are implemented; how to read a USDA report; examination of world supply and demand for grains; how to establish a proper contract; grain trade rules; and international contracts along with arbitration systems and issues.
The second part of the course will be April 16–20 and will focus on topics including the workings of commodity exchanges, futures trading, hedging and price risk management. This will also involve discussions of futures, options and OTC contracts, and how they are applied to a risk management strategy.
The optional field trip to an export facility in Portland will be April 13–15. Participants will be able to apply information from the course to hands-on experience at this facility.
Jay O’Neil, senior agricultural economist at the IGP Institute, says, “This training will benefit individuals who are responsible for buying US food and feed grains including international grain and soybean buyers, government officials and other professionals responsible for the purchase, shipment and handling of US grains.”
In addition to grain marketing and risk management, the IGP Institute also offers courses in feed manufacturing and grain quality management, and grain processing and flour milling.
To register for this course or to find more information about other upcoming courses, visit the IGP Institute website, HERE.
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