Ag Outlook Forum in Sterling Feb. 14

    Producers know their costs of producing crops and livestock continue to be high while market prices are going down. As profits decrease or there are losses, producers may have difficulty securing operating loans or have to take money from the savings they accumulated over the past few years of good prices. What are they to do?
    Colorado State University Extension will host an Agriculture Outlook and Strategy Forum in Sterling on Feb. 14. Producers participating in the forum will learn about the outlook for commodity prices, production costs for each area and various strategies for being profitable when prices are low.
    Dr. Stephen Koontz, CSU agricultural marketing expert, will present current outlook information for commodities common to northeastern Colorado. Koontz is well known throughout Colorado and the U.S. for his knowledge of the domestic and world factors that drive market prices for such things as corn, wheat, cattle, oilseeds and hay. He is also familiar with imports and exports.

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