Ag Insights Event

Ed Usset

Grain Marketing Economist @ University of Minnesota

"Five Common Mistakes in Grain Marketing"

Edward Usset serves as a Grain Marketing Economist for the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota. Working with his colleagues at CFFM and in extension, Ed developed the award winning “Winning the Game” series of workshops. He also manages Commodity Challenge, an online marketing education game that uses real-time cash and futures data. At the University, he teaches “Commodity Markets” to undergraduate and graduate students. The 3rd Edition of his book, “Grain Marketing is Simple (it’s just not easy)” was released in September, 2023. Ed regularly speaks to farm groups throughout the Corn Belt on the difficult challenge of marketing grain. He is also a regular contributor to Corn & Soybean Digest online.

Kent Thiesse

Farm Management Analyst

"Analyzing Cash Flow Strategies & Farm Program Decisions"

Kent Thiesse is a Farm Management Analyst based in South Central Minnesota. He retired in 2023 after a 20-year career as Vice President and Chief Ag Loan Officer for MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. Prior to that time, Kent served as an Extension Educator in Farm Management and Marketing with the University of Minnesota Extension Service. He has both a Masters and Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture from the University of Minnesota. Kent writes a weekly column titled “FOCUS ON AG” that is distributed to several Midwest agriculture publications and web sites, as well as to a large weekly e-mail list. In addition, Kent is a frequent speaker on farm management topics, and serves as the Coordinator for the Feature Forums at FARMFEST each year.

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Ed Usset

Grain Marketing Economist @ University of Minnesota

Kent Thiesse

Farm Management Analyst

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