Grain marketing will be the main focus of half-day workshops held by Grain coming to Wudinna and Kadina next month.
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Conducted by Market Check and organised by GrainGrowers the events are designed to provide growers with various tools, market insights and solutions to grain marketing requirements and risk management plans.
The Eyre Peninsula event will be held on July 25, from 8:30 until 2:00 at the Wudinna Community Club, 22 Medley Tce Wudinna, while the Yorke Peninsula event will be July 26, from 8:30 until 2:30 at the Copper Coast Sports and Leisure, 1 Doswell Terrace, Kadina.
GrainGrowers CEO Shona Gawel said the workshops were an ideal opportunity to pick up valuable insights and knowledge that can be taken back and applied on-farm.
"The feedback from growers who have undertaken this workshop previously is extremely positive," she said.
"Not only is the presentation engaging and easy to understand, but it is also highly valued, delivering an overall risk management approach to grain marketing.
"Previous participants have said that even for growers who use outside brokers, the ability to understand the market, and how things like options and hedging can be applied are highly valuable aspects of the workshop.
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"With the complexities of grain markets, knowing more about what is driving prices and how this information can be used makes these workshops a good investment for a day off the farm."
She said Market Check's years of experience in research and analysis would provide participants with practical, real-world examples of understanding the market's current state and using available tools to implement appropriate risk management strategies.
"For growers wanting to understand more, or just refresh their knowledge in this area, the workshops will deliver a short, sharp A to Z of grain marketing, with experts available to answer any questions," she said.
"I would urge growers to take advantage and register today."
Market Check general manager Richard Perkins said they run members strategy seminars for their membership base twice a year.
"We run through a bit of an update of what the markets done for the past six months," he said.
"So we'll do during the post sowing and the pre harvest period as we run two per year and we'll do a bit of an update of where the market has come and why it's done what it's done.
"This grain growers/market check grain marketing workshop is the biggest endeavor we've embarked on in terms of scale and content."
Kiara Stacey
Journalist for Stock Journal. Kiara was in classified sales at Stock Journal before joining the editorial team in 2021. Kiara completed a Bachelor of Communication (journalism) at Deakin University the year prior.
Journalist for Stock Journal. Kiara was in classified sales at Stock Journal before joining the editorial team in 2021. Kiara completed a Bachelor of Communication (journalism) at Deakin University the year prior.
