Completed Project Report


"Commodity Marketing Education: Assisting Women to Increase Farm Profitability while Decreasing Price Risk"

  • Award Amount: $10,000
  • Regional Center: North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2007 Competitive Grant Program

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Project Overview

Unraveling the Mystery of Commodity Marketing for Farm Women was designed to provide Indiana farm women with the knowledge and confidence to participate in and make successful marketing decisions for their farm operations. In past programming, women have desired to learn more about marketing in a comfortable and non-threatening environment with other women. A 5 week series was created to provide farm women regardless of farm size the skills to determine their breakeven prices, marketing goals, marketing plans, utilize available marketing techniques, and how to evaluate marketing contracts with the biofuels industry. The Purdue Women in Agriculture team offered the series to 12 sites around Indiana and as a web-based on-line program to 90 participants. Six months after the series 75% reported increased confidence in making marketing decisions, 9 women shared that they either started, completed or updated a marketing plan, and 8 used at lease one new marketing tool.

Number of Participants: 90

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