The overall goal in teaching is to attract more students, increase the emphasis on risk and use leading-edge technology related to markets and risk. The intent over time is a greater emphasis on risk models, tools and management in courses related to trading and risk management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The activities collaborate with financial markets and portfolio analysis in the NDSU College of Business.

Agricultural economics courses that use the center include Intro to Commodity Trading (AE 343), Risk Analysis (AE 346), Quantitative Methods (AE 339), Finance (AE 446), Commodity Trading (AE 444/644), Grad Level AE 711 and 712 with emphasis on marketing and financial risk analysis.

Students in AE491 participated in the CME Commodity Trading Challenge and placed 57th out of 350 teams worldwide; and the Portfolio Club qualified for the regional finals in the CFA Research Challenge in 2013. The College of Business offers a course on portfolio management using the center and the Portfolio Club that manages the Bison Fund in the Commodity Trading Room.