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A big drop in prices has farmers understandably reluctant to sell, but the grain industry still needs to grind, process, ship, and otherwise do what it does with grain every day, and grain handlers still need to manage logistics, grain quality, and...
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I was recently talking to someone who buys 90% of the grain that crosses the scales; some spot and some forward contracted. The approach is nothing...
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Old Advice for Current Times I first heard this maxim about 25 years ago, and it wasn't new then. The person who shared it with me learned from an...
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The volatility in production, futures prices, basis, and spreads of the last few years have caused many of us to abandon the idea of a “normal”...
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Most merchandisers don’t enjoy trading markets with small carries and/or inverted spreads, but by all appearances, that is what the market is going...
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Let Me Give Away the Ending: No Despite years of articles predicting the irrelevance of the country elevator, it continues to be an important part of...
