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Farm Marketing: The 5 Steps You Must Take Today
If there is anything that the past several seasons of farming has taught us, it’s that there is indeed nothing new under the sun. Looking back, the...
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If there is anything that the past several seasons of farming has taught us, it’s that there is indeed nothing new under the sun. Looking back, the...
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If you have tried to originate grain for a day or for a lifetime, you’ve heard plenty of reasons NOT to sell grain. “OK,” you say, “why don’t we go...
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It seems like each crop year that comes around brings new types of contracts with new promises. Of course, the years of low prices that make it...
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This time of year, with football games aplenty, basketball games on 27 out of 32 channels, and baseball just around the corner, inspires this simple...
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Resisting the urge to float the current of all things holly and jolly, I have found a more unique, if not better, analogy for describing some of our...
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The typical discussion that occurs with a farmer at the elevator or coffee shop centers a lot around price.
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Simply stated, the shared burden of both the basis and futures is to move grain. When these signals are interpreted correctly, this task is...
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By this point in the harvest season, the writing on the wall has become the chicken coming home to roost. That is, this massive crop that kept all...
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Understanding the idea of Minimum Price Contracts