Class Day and Time: M,W 2:10-3:25 p.m.
Room: 2050 Agronomy
Instructor: Professor Helen Jensen, 578 Heady Hall (294-6253); Email: hhjensen@iastate.edu
Office Hours: Prof. Jensen -- M 11-12, Tu 10-11 or by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Subbu Kumarappan, B11 Curtiss (294-5694); Email: kmsubbu@iastate.edu;
Office Hours: M & W 11-1, or by appointment
Homework Assignments
Assignments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Additional Course Readings
The Evolving Food and Agriculture System USDA, 2001
Market Structure: Packer Concentration and Captive Supplies, Structural Changes in Cattle Feeding and Meat Packing,
Cargill's Acquisition of Continental Grain's Grain Merchandising
Livestock Pricing Issues Okalahoma State University
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). See Tutorial and CBOT-Publications-Agricultural Understanding Basis
Chicago Mercentile Exchange (CME). See Instant Lessons
Futures and Options Terminology
An Introductory Guide to Options on Futures
Fundamental Analysis. Prof. Robert Wisner, ISU
Production
and Marketing Characteristics, Staff Report No. 343, August 2001 (pdf
file); J.D. Lawrence and G. Grimes
Mandatory Price Reporting for Livestock Industry, Ag Outlook, Sept. 2001
Pork Production to Reach Record Levels in 2002 & 2003, Ag Outlook, Sept. 2002
GMO Labeling: Grains in the Value Chain. Prof. Roger Ginder, ISU (also see Iowa Grain Quality Initiative Report)
Other Class Materials
Balance Sheets
Government
Programs and Risks in Agriculture, Dr. Chad Hart, ISU