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Farm Marketing: Guide To Minimum Price Contracts
Understanding the idea of Minimum Price Contracts
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Price Later Fees Part 1: Changing Fees & the Grain Merchandising Behind It
Depending on what area you are in, you may hear it called Price Later (PL), Delayed Price (DP), or No Price Established (NPE). All of these terms...
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4 Farm Marketing Pitfalls to Avoid For the 2014 Crop
We all know what’s happening this year: across much of the country, we are staring down the barrel of a bumper crop of both corn and soybeans....
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Nothing Compares: The Uniqueness of Grain Merchandising
Scott Hardy: Sep 2, 2014
In my 30 plus years in the grain merchandising business, I’ve been asked to do a lot of comparisons. Elevator GMs want to know how their margins...
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How to Avoid the Terrible Tweens of Grain Merchandising
And no, this is not in reference to those somewhat awkward transition moments between childhood and the teenage years; rather, it’s referring to...
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Navigating The Bermuda Triangle of Grain Repos and Grain Swaps
Jeff Reardon: Aug 19, 2014
This week's blog will answer some frequently asked questions regarding some alternative grain company financing tools. For a general overview of...
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Grain Elevator Financing Tip: Over The Counter Commodity Futures Swaps
Jeff Reardon: Aug 12, 2014
Volatile prices and the difficulty accessing credit during peak financing periods opened the market to provide commodity futures swaps as a method of...
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Grain Elevator Financing Tip: Inventory Repurchase Agreements
Jeff Reardon: Aug 5, 2014
Volatile prices mixed with a need to build working capital and equity pushed inventory repurchase agreements into the grain elevator financing and...
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5 Things Grain Buyers May Not Tell A Grain Merchandiser
The reason behind some buyers not volunteering this information to the elevator grain merchandiser isn’t necessarily deceitful; rather, it can be...
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The Forgotten Farm Marketing Alternative
Sherry Lorton: Jul 15, 2014
The emotions of farmers have run the gamut these last two months as they sat in disbelief watching new crop prices plummet. For many it was a feeling...