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The Premium Service Hog Program by Farms.com Risk Management is a great way to improve your marketing. For only $2,000 per annum you have access to a risk management expert and the information and analysis prepared by the Farms.com Risk Management Team, including marketing and input purchasing recommendations. The information, tools and consultant access provided by the Premium Service Hog Program is an effective way to help you manage the risk in your business, develop more effective marketing strategies, and get specific answers to your marketing questions.
Access to a Risk Management Expert to Answer Your Marketing Questions The Premium Service Hog Program provides you with access to a Risk Management Expert. The expert will work with you to develop your cost of production; to establish your marketing plan using price targets for your hogs; to establish your input purchasing plan for corn and soybean meal; and to provide a market review of your hog marketing plan and implementation. The risk management expert can provide you with additional information on hedging and marketing recommendations, explain in greater detail some for the changes in market fundamentals and their implications and answer any additional questions that you might have. Risk Management Consultants work with producers across North America developing personalized marketing and hedging strategies and bring with them a wealth of experience and knowledge. Our team has over 50 years of experience in marketing and price risk management.
Accurate and Reliable Information to Support your Decision Making
Current information and accurate analysis is key to successful marketing and business management. The Hog Market Outlook is a weekly newsletter which provides data analysis, current news updates and marketing and input purchasing recommendations. You will also receive full access to our Quarterly online Webinars and teleconference sessions, which explain changes in supply and demand fundamentals and provide analysis of the Quarterly USDA Hogs and Pigs Report.
Smart, Easy to Use Tools to Manage your Marketing
Online Management Tools were created in-house to help us establish and manage our marketing plans and those of our clients. In the Premium Service Hog Program we are sharing these tools with you. You will also have online access to your own Cost of Production, Marketing Plan Tracking Tool and Break Even/Profit/Loss Calculator, to help you establish your break even point, and help you keep track of your marketing achievements.
Access to Our Marketing Recommendations The Premium Service Hog Program will allow you to compare your marketing strategy with ours. We will provide to you by email, fax and on-line a set of weekly marketing recommendations. Additional recommendations may be distributed should market factors (changes in supply and demand) require us to change our marketing approach.
Meet Your Risk Management Team
Victor Aideyan – MBA, CAFA
Sr. Risk Management Consultant
Victor has fourteen years experience in commodity trading and marketing. He received a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business, at The University of Western Ontario, London Ontario Canada and is also a Derivative Specialist. Victor leads Farms.com Risk Management, serving as Senior Risk Management Consultant. Since 2000, Victor has primarily been responsible for managing commodity marketing initiatives for Farms.com’s trading arm. The company’s physical commodity trade exceeded $80 million during 2005 alone.
Maurizio (Moe) Agostino – HBA, DMS, FCSI
Sr. Risk Management Consultant
Moe has over eleven years of experience in the financial services industry where he developed customized investment and retirement savings plans for clients. Moe holds an Honors Degree in Business Administration, is a Derivatives Market Specialist (DMS), a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI) and has obtained his US Series 3 Futures and Options license course. Moe works as a Senior Risk Management Consultant and has been with the company since 2002. Moe works with many hog and Crop producers across North America to better manage their marketing decisions and risk in their farm operations.
Doug Lenhart - BA
Risk Management Specialist/Swine Production Manager
Doug carries out the duties of business development within the Midwest Division of Farms.Com Risk Management as well as serving as a risk management consultant. He is actively meeting with new clients to aid them in the transition into full Risk Management Services. Doug was raised in Illinois and holds a Bachelors Degree in Ag Business from Illinois State University. His work experience includes 18 years of large scale swine production experience working within the Murphy Farms (Smithfield Foods) organization spending time in NC, MO, IL & IA.. The Lenhart's also own and operate a wean-finish contract feeding business operating in Illinois and Iowa.
Jack Ticky
Risk Management Specialist/Business Development Manager
Jack received a two- year degree at a Junior College in Agriculture Business and attended the AFIA Seminar. Jack has worked for 30 years in the feed business and over 8 years in a large swine production system. Before coming to Farms.com Jack was an Area Manager for Purina, Golden Sun Feeds where he led a team of 150 employees and sales of $30 million. At Farms.com he was initially charged with profitability management for the PigChamp division. He has recently joined the Risk Management Division carrying out the duties of business and sales development.
Marc Bacha
Swine Production Manager
	Marc carries out the responsibility of Production Manager for Farms.com Swine Management Services. Marc was raised in Central Illinois and holds a degree in Ag Business. His work experiences include spending 4 years in the seed stock industry managing and starting up new sow farms producing Dekalb/Monsanto genetics and 9 years within the large scale production systems of Murphy Farms (Smithfield Foods) and Christensen Family Farms servicing wean to finish sites and working in the marketing and transportation system.
Dee Kielsmeier
Division Administrator
	Dee is responsible for assisting the consultants with the critical day to day details to achieve future success and continued growth with the Risk Management program. Dee comes to Farms.com Risk Management after having worked with M & F Trading since 2001 in customer service where she gained a wealth of experience and knowledge in performing office related functions and duties as well as assisting team members.
For further information on this program or other services and products offered by Farms.com Risk Management contact Moe Agostino at moe.agostino@farms.com or by telephone 1-877-438-5729 ext 5041
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