Basics of Commodity Marketing
DATE: February 3rd, 2026
TIME: 9:00 AM to Noon., Registration at 8:30 AM
Cost: Free
LOCATION: SecrestArboretum Welcome Center, 2122 Williams Ave, Wooster, OH 44691
Courtesy Reservations due by: January 30th
To Make a Reservation, Please call the OSU Extension office –Wayne County at 330-264-8722
The Basics of Commodity Marketing program is an introductory commodity marketing school meant to build participant’s skills for pricing their grain and livestock.
The program will cover: developing a written marketing plan, grain marketing basics, and use of LRPs for cattle marketing.
The program will provide you with tools and resources to draft a marketing plan that fits your operation.
There will also be a pricing simulation game that we will use to help put a plan into practice.
Agenda
9:00 AM: Developing a Marketing Plan - John Yost, Assistant Professor, OSU Extension Wayne County
10:00 AM: Basics of Grain Marketing: Futures and Basis Contracts, Garth McDorman, OSU Extension Educator Allen County
11:00 AM: LRPs and Beef Cattle Marketing, Garth Ruff, OSU Extension Beef Specialist
Refreshments will be provided
