AgriMarketing Your AgriBusiness covers all aspects of marketing and promoting farm businesses and agritourism venues. Get invaluable advice on making your basic business tools do the marketing for you. Decide which promotional items will get the most mileage for your ag business. Learn why its important to develop a relationship with the media and how to write an effective press release for your ag business, product, or event. In addition, this book gives you the skinny on advertising, attending trade shows and expos, and developing and using social media. There is also an extensive resources chapter that includes everything from ag industry associations and media to promotional product suppliers.

Marketing is an essential part of any business and the business of agriculture is no exception to this rule. Written by an experienced educator with expertise in futures markets, hedging, and technical price analysis, Marketing Grain & Livestock, 2nd Edition teaches the basics of commodities marketing by farmers, ranchers, grain elevators, packers, and processors. Building upon what made the first edition so appealing user-friendly, understandable writing Stasko writes for his audience in clear-cut concise vernacular. In his revamped second edition, he has included updated figures, charts, and diagrams to illustrate major points. Stasko’s book emphasizes thorough explanations and applications while providing practical examples in every chapter. All new features of the second edition: A new chapter devoted to electronic trading Detailed explanation of the most commonly used cash contracts Seasonal fluctuations of commodity prices New statistics, charts, graphs, and tables illustrating main points New “Questions and Problems” segments at the end of each chapter to help readers retain information Information about revolutionary electronic marketing technologies Marketing Grain & Livestock, 2nd Edition is aimed at agri-business and farm production students and their instructors. But experienced farmers, ranchers and agri-business professionals will find the book valuable as an introduction or refresher.