Free USDA WASDE Report Online Webinar.

Feb 07, 2014

Moe Agostino, Commodity Marketing Strategist with Farms.com Risk Management will review the USDA’s World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report that is being released on Monday February 10, 2014. This is a free online webinar and will be of interest to farmers and agribusiness professionals who are interested in grain futures prices and the outlook for the remainder of 2014.

Starts at 11:45am EST on Monday February 10, 2014

The link to the webinar is www.riskmanagement.farms.com/home/webinars.aspx

To call in the phone number is 1 888 447 7154 and the passcode is 7909621

11:45 am Moe Agostino will briefly go over the Pre WASDE Expectations and Answer some questions until the report is released

12:00 pm The WASDE Report is Released Moe will give his analysis of what the numbers mean and how they will affect the market in the days to come.

12:15 pm Moe will present a PowerPoint going over the change in trend of 5 Commodities (Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Oats and the CDN $) and his outlook for the coming month.

12:25 pm Moe will open the floor to any questions

12:30 pm Webinar Ends

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.