LESSONS

THE RISKS YOU FACE
MP001 Why Farming Risks Are Rising
MP002 Understanding How Risk Is Managed
MP003 Where To Find the Facts You Will Need
MP004 Uncle Sam's Safety Net? Like Buying a Used Tractor!
MP005 How To Decide When You Are Not Sure What To Do

KNOW YOUR PRICE RISKS
MP006 Markets Have No Mercy for Farmers
MP007 The ABCs of Supply, Demand and Price
MP008 How You Can Measure the Risks You Will Face
MP009 What You Need To Know about Futures Prices
MP010 What You Need To Know about Cash Grain Prices
MP011 Where To Find the Market Information You Will Need
MP012 What Is Your "Basis" and How Can You Use It?
MP013 What You Should Know about the Supply of Grain and Soybeans
MP014 Why Traders Go Wild on Crop Report Days
MP015 Weather: Fear Factors Vs. the Real Market
MP016 "Technical Factors?" What Do Brokers Mean by That?
MP017 All You Need To Know about Commodity Demand
MP018 Worth Checking: USDA's Supply/Demand Estimates
MP019 What It's Worth To Know Your Market Facts
MP020 All You Need To Know about Milk Supply
MP021 All You Need To Know about Milk Demand
MP022 How Your Milk Is Priced by Supply and Demand
MP023 Choose Your Weapons for Your Battle with Prices

HOW AND WHEN TO SELL AND BUY
MP024 How To Know and Control Your Own Price Risks
MP025 How To Select a Cash Contract for Your Plan
MP026 How Will You Decide When To Sell Your Crops?
MP027 How Can I Use Futures To Set My Prices?
MP028 What Is a "Hedge" and How Can I Use "Hedging" to My Advantage?
MP029 Why Not Try a "Hybrid" Marketing Strategy?
MP030 Should You Risk Selling What You Have Not Yet Produced?
MP031 Should I Risk Pricing My Milk Before It's Produced?
MP032 How You Can Use Options To Price a Growing Crop
MP033 Can Storing Grain Be Profitable for You?
MP034 How To Build a Price Floor under Your Storage Bins
MP035 Watch Market Signals To Decide When To Store Grain
MP036 How To Lock in Corn or Soybean Storage Profits
MP037 How To Hedge Against Rising Feed Costs
MP038 How about Options for Pricing Feed?
MP039 How To React to Sudden Change

DON'T OVERLOOK PRODUCTION RISKS
MP040 Production Risk a Problem? Manage It with Technology
MP041 How You Can Measure the Risks You Face
MP042 What Are Your Chances of Higher Yields Next Year?
MP043 Your Crop Practices, A Risk You Can Control!
MP044 Discover New Yield Risk-Reducing Technologies
MP045 Weather: A Risk You Can't Control, but Need To Manage
MP046 Where To Find and How To Use Weather Information

KNOW YOUR FARM BUSINESS RISKS
MP047 Going Bankrupt: The Mother of All Risks!
MP048 How To Plan Your Finances To Stay in Business
MP049 How Big Is Your Cash Flow Risk?
MP050 Should a Bill Collector Dictate Your Selling Plans?
MP051 What To Say at a "Confession Meeting" with Your Banker
MP052 Make A Plan To Strengthen Your Finances
MP053 What Are the Chances You Will Become an "Outlaw" Farmer
MP054 What Are Your Rights and Risks in a Grain Contract?
MP055 What To Do about Legal Traps in Grain Marketing
MP056 What Is the Worst that Can Happen? Are You Ready for It?
MP057 What You Need To Know about Risk-Managing Insurance
MP058 How To Juggle Both Yield and Price Risks

BOTTOM LINE
MP059 Put It All Together in Your Farm Business Plan