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Interested in diving deeper into “the process of taking the crop from the field to the checking account”? This presentation will cover topics including a market overview and market projections from Mike Schulist and Jim Copher. Mike Schulist will take us through a day of a typical organic train transaction and discuss co-op membership, licensing and bonding, and Grain Marketing Agreements (contracts). Jim Copher will discuss new opportunities with the climate smart commodity program, and explore different risk management strategies specific to organic producers.
Mike Schulist of National Farmers Organization (NFO) oversees the organic grain department of NFO called NF Organics. Mike has been involved in organic grain marketing for 16 years, the past 5 with NFO. Born and raised on a dairy farm in Central Wisconsin, Mike was a dairy and cash grain farmer for 28 years, and he transitioned the herd to organic in 2004. Though he is no longer a dairy farmer, Mike rents his land to his cousin who grows organic potatoes, organic soybeans, and organic triticale in the potato rotation. Mike is married, he and his wife Pat have 3 adult children and reside on the farm he was raised on.