Frayne Olson. (File photo)
Frayne Olson, NDSU Extension crops economist and marketing specialist, is the closing speaker for the 72th Annual Hard Spring Wheat Show, Jan. 28 at the Grand Hotel and Conference Center, Williston.
He will be providing an overview of the current crop market conditions and price outlook for corn, soybeans, spring wheat, and durum. He will discuss event possibilities that will alter the expectations of market traders and analysts; weather shifts, especially from South American at this time of year, and political changes regarding international trade relations being the most common issues.
Dr. Frayne Olson is the Crop Economist/Marketing Specialist with the North Dakota State University Extension, Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives director and Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department at NDSU professor. Dr. Olson conducts educational programs focusing on crop market outlook and price analysis, evaluating alternative crop marketing strategies and the economics of crop contracting. As director of the Center for Cooperatives, he teaches a senior level course on cooperative business management and coordinates the Center's research and outreach activities.
Dr. Olson received his PhD from the University of Missouri in agricultural economics, and his M.S. and B.S. in agricultural economics from North Dakota State University.
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