Cottonwood Connections February 2023 | Page 5

Wednesday, March 1st at Hoisington Recreation Activity Ct., 1200 Susank Rd.

Registration 9:30 program starts at 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Free to attend, but RSVP requested for meal count by Friday, Feb. 24th. Click on link to register, call 785-628-9430 or email Theresa [email protected] (Must have 10 pre-registered to hold program).

https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7OtLLFfvWVTZVsy

Focus of the Workshop:

-Developing Pre-Harvest Marketing Strategies

-Using cost of production for price strategy targets

-Season price trend-based pre-harvest strategies (Futures & Basis) Using seasonal flexibility in 2023 for Marketing Plans

-Pre-harvest Marketing Tools

-Forward Contracts

-Basis Contracts

-Hedge-to-Arrive (HTA) contracts

-Futures Hedge (short/sell)

-Buying Put/Call Options

Winning-the-Game” Sorghum Marketing Workshop

March 7th (Tuesday) registration 6:00 p.m. program starts at 6:30 p.m.

Cottonwood Extension Meeting Room, 601 Main St., Hays. (Across the street from the ARC Thrift Store).

Presented by Drew Ricketts, Extension Wildlife Specialist

No cost to attend, RSVP requested by Friday, March 3rd. Must have a minimum of 10 people pre-registered to hold the program, register by clicking onto the link below, call 785-628-9430 or email Theresa [email protected]

https://kstate.yul1.qualtrics.com/survey-builder/SV_2osDrMCc9I9c0SO/edit

Topics covered in the 90 minute program will be:

White-tailed deer biology – space use, cover requirements, nutritional

requirements, managing white-tailed deer habitat, supplemental feeding and managing white-tail deer populations.

Basic Wildlife Habitat Management Principles of White-Tail Deer