Price Risk Management for Dairy Farmers
We invite you to join CCE Capital Area Ag & Hort Program's Farm Business Management Educator Dayton Maxwell, FSA Executive Director David Holck, Tristan Peterson from Crop Growers Insurance, and Dr. Chris Wolf of Cornell University for informative, fun, and educational seminars detailing dairy price risk management tools.
Flyer for Price Risk Management for Dairy Farmers (PDF; 381KB)
Event Details
Date
November 3, 2020
Time
7:00 - 9:00 PM EST
Location
Online via Zoom
Cost
per farm for both sessions : $10.00
Host
CCE Capital Area Ag & Hort ProgramDayton Maxwell
email Dayton Maxwell
MANAGE YOUR MILK PRICE - Part 1
Following the abrupt downturn in milk markets during the spring and summer of 2020 and nearly an entire year of lower-than-expected milk prices resulting from the global pandemic, dairy farmers have a renewed interest in managing the price side of the business. We invite you to join CCE Capital Area Ag & Hort Program's Farm Business Management Educator Dayton Maxwell, FSA Executive Director David Holck, Tristan Peterson from Crop Growers Insurance, and Dr. Chris Wolf of Cornell University for informative, fun, and educational seminars detailing dairy price risk management tools.
For more information and to register online visit: http://blogs.cornell.edu/capitalareaagandhortprogram/2020/09/17/price-risk-management-for-dairy-farmers/
November 3, 2020
Dairy Margin Coverage
presented by David Holck, Farm Service Agency
Forward Contracting and Such, Part 1
presented by Dr. Chris Wolf, Cornell University
Determining if Risk Management is Right for My Farm
presented by Dayton Maxwell, CCE CAAHP
Program activities are supported and coordinated by Cornell's Pro-Dairy Program and NY Farm Net.
Event Details
Date
November 10, 2020
Time
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
Location
Online via Zoom
Cost
per farm for both sessions : $10.00
Host
CCE Capital Area Ag & Hort ProgramDayton Maxwell
email Dayton Maxwell
MANAGE YOUR MILK PRICE - Part 2
Following the abrupt downturn in milk markets during the spring and summer of 2020 and nearly an entire year of lower-than-expected milk prices resulting from the global pandemic, dairy farmers have a renewed interest in managing the price side of the business. We invite you to join CCE Capital Area Ag & Hort Program's Farm Business Management Educator Dayton Maxwell, FSA Executive Director David Holck, Tristan Peterson from Crop Growers Insurance, and Dr. Chris Wolf of Cornell University for informative, fun, and educational seminars detailing dairy price risk management tools.
For more information and to register online visit: http://blogs.cornell.edu/capitalareaagandhortprogram/2020/09/17/price-risk-management-for-dairy-farmers/
November 10, 2020
Dairy Revenue Protection
presented by Tristan Peterson, Crop Growers Insurance
Forward Contracting and Such, Part 2
presented by Dr. Chris Wolf, Cornell University
Forward Contracting Dairy Farmer Experience
presented by Dan Sheldon, Woody Hill Farms. Salem, New York
Program activities are supported and coordinated by Cornell's Pro-Dairy Program and NY Farm Net.
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