为了准备商品交易室的开业斯科特·内格尔, former president of Archer Daniels Midland-Benson Quinn was interviewed “"As a global agricultural business that connects crops with markets around the world, ADM每天都依赖于我们商品采购员的敏锐, North Dakota State University has a long tradition of preparing students for the complex world of agricultural commodity 交易, and we are pleased to help them continue this leadership with our investment in the Commodity Trading Room. 我们相信，这将有助于培养下一代行业领导者."
十年后, graduates of NDSU have moved on to work for ADM such as Thomas Knoetchka who works as a Commodity Trader for the Oilseeds division. Thomas felt prepared for his current job after taking AgEcon 444 in the commodity 交易 room which introduced him to the diverse world of 交易 grain and the 风险管理 that is associated.
The Commodity Trading Room continues to stay relevant with the goal of providing students a chance to work with better technology paired with better training to help them gain experience with the tools of the industry. 商品交易室主要有三种用途. 教学，推广和外展，以及野牛基金.
Classes are taught in the CTR allowing our students to gain instruction paired with software preparing them for their future careers. Approximately 95 students have class in the CTR every year plus the additional students who use the room for the Bison Fund.
扩展程序以多种方式使用商品交易室. Commodity organizations like the ND soybean council and ND 小麦 commission programs come to the CTR for multiple day trainings to learn about commodity specific 交易. The CTR also hosts farmers and provides programs which go into detail about current trade and marketing issues. Industry groups for aglenders attend trainings based around understanding how to finance farmers and how to better understand the farmers side of 交易. 如今奥尔森, Crop Economist/Marketing Specialist with the North Dakota State University 扩展, 领导这些项目. Frayne sees many benefits from the CTR one of the biggest being the information he gains and is then able to work into his extension programs.
Bison基金目前管理着2只.500万美元投入股市. 野牛基金由学生积极管理，采用自下而上的方法. Students in The Bison Fund learn how to do equity research and portfolio management. 每年大约有30名学生参与其中. The Bison Fund was first place in the Midwest Region CFA 研究 Challenge and attended Nationals in 2020.
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