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Sherry Lorton: Oct 24, 2024
When farmers enter into a Minimum Price Contract (MPC), they are essentially buying time — locking in today’s price while keeping the door open to benefit from potential price rallies during the contract period. Deciding how much time to buy is the...
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Sherry Lorton: Oct 8, 2024
When offering Minimum Price Contracts (MPCs) as a marketing tool to farmers, it’s essential to clarify a key point: the elevator isn't buying call...
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Sherry Lorton: Mar 14, 2023
Preparing monthly financial statements is typically done so you can get the proper financing for your merchandising activities; but there are also...
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Sherry Lorton: Mar 29, 2022
When you see what appear to be good, well-established, long-standing companies suddenly fall apart it makes you wonder. How do good businesses go...
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Sherry Lorton: Jun 16, 2020
I ran across this in my favorites folder the other day. I thought it a worthy reminder of how being successful in the grain elevator business is...
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Sherry Lorton: Oct 16, 2019
How many times has a farmer come into your office and told you about some "great, new marketing alternative" that the guy down the street is...
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Sherry Lorton: Sep 19, 2019
Competition is the driving forces that determines a fair and equitable price. For the most part, your cash price to producers is based on your best...
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Sherry Lorton: Sep 4, 2019
With so many different types of marketing alternatives available to farmers in the marketplace, how do you, at the grain elevator, decide on which...
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Sherry Lorton: Jul 25, 2019
Farmers require two things from grain elevators to be able to market their crops successfully. They need access to the market and the means to...
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Sherry Lorton: Jul 11, 2018
When you see what appear to be good, well-established, long-standing companies suddenly fall apart it makes you wonder:
