The 2024 Nobles County corn and soybean growers’ association annual banquet is Monday April 8 at the American Reformed Church in Worthington.

Tickets are only $10 and are available today at First State Bank Southwest locations.

A 10oz. rib-eye steak super prepared by the Rock/Nobles Cattlemen association will be served at 6pm. Tickets are only $10 and are available today at First State Bank Southwest locations. The association will present awards to individuals and businesses that have been a part of the groups successful efforts promoting production agriculture in Nobles County. The Worthington FFA will be a part of the program and the Mana food pantry will explain the importance of donations in the effort to feed those in need.

At 7pm Edward Usset will share grain market thoughts. Ed serves as a Grain Marketing Economist for the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota, the developers of FINPACK software. Working with colleagues at CFFM and in extension, Ed developed several workshops including “Winning the Game” and “How to get $4 Corn.” He manages Commodity Challenge, an online marketing education game that uses real-time cash and futures data. Ed also teaches “Commodity Markets” and “Futures and Options Markets” at the University and is a regular contributor for Corn and Soybean Digest and Farm Futures. The 3rd Edition of his book, “Grain Marketing is Simple (it’s just not easy)” was released in October 2023.