Ag Commodity Report

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Ag Commodity Report
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Teams

• Cow/Calf
• Jessicia Davenport
• Kendrick Knehans
• Shea Nesbitt
• Beef Cattle Yearling Market
• Jack Vaughn
• Cheyenne Williams
• Alan Willmore

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Teams

• Beef Cattle Bred Heifer Market
• Chad Arnzen
• Dustin Kreger
• Ben Slaybaugh

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Teams

• Fed Beef/Feedlot
• Drew Cummings
• SheilAnne Davis
• Jeffrey Holmes
• Hay
• Alex Gisler
• Marie Mustoe
• Andrew Tiegs

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Teams

• Dairy
• Nancy Ampudia
• Riley Flanigan
• Carly Stone
• Sheep
• Casey Neumeyer
• Kelsey Quinn
• Samuel Segerstrom

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Teams

• Wheat
• Griffin Horn-Smith
• David McIntosh
• Grant Robison
• Corn
• David Butler
• Richard Frerichs
• Jacqueline Wuebben

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Teams

• Potatoes
• Lauretta Campbell
• Amanda Cayler
• Derek Wanders
• Apples
• Erinn Argo
• Sara-Jane Prchal

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Teams

• Barley
• Eric Everett
• Martha Hale
• Brian Heitstuman
• Equine
• Samantha Clark
• Jennifer Gross

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Possible Sources

• Wall Street Journal Commodity Report
• ERS website
• http//www.ers.usda.gov/
• National Ag Statistical Service website
• http//www.nass.usda.gov/Contact_Us/
• index.asp
• Commodity organizations
• Ag Newspapers and Current Periodicals

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Presentation

• 5 minute presentation on November 27 or December
  4. Order will be determined by random draw.
• Email PowerPoint to me by 1000 a.m. on November
  27, 2007.

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Potential Information

• Graph of current and historical prices, yields,
  acreage, production, etc.
• Current events regarding that market
• Other points of interest

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Grading

• Assignment worth 50 points
• 50 from instructor
• 25 from class
• 25 participation grade from co-presenters
• Graded on content and presentation