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Grain Elevator Financing Tip: Financing Forward Contracts

Forward contract financing has become an essential piece of the grain elevator financing package. The modern day elevator must be able to help producers capture high prices during any season and lock in profitable selling opportunities when the...

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5 Ways Basis Trading Grain Elevators Own Their Markets

At White Commercial, we have the privilege of working with over 250 grain elevator companies all over the US and Canada. We have identified specific...

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Basis Example

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3 Myths of Basis In Farm Marketing

I want to initiate a Public Relations Campaign within the farming community to get BASIS the respect and understanding it deserves.

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The Most Effective & Simple Grain Origination Strategy There Is

The typical grain marketing discussion that occurs with a farmer at the elevator or coffee shop centers a lot around price. What are prices doing?...

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Grain Elevator Financing Tip: Borrowing Base Reconciliation

Where much is given, much is required and this is certainly true with collateral audits. The increased grain elevator financing requirements have...

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Grain Elevator

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The Grain Business IS the Relationship Business

Successful businesses, no matter what industry, know, develop and practice the art of maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with their...

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The Art of Grain Merchandising

People often ask why they should read this book and the answer is quite simple, because merchandising skills changes people’s lives. You may think...

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Don Rogers' Story

Hello, my name is Don Rogers. I’m part owner, former manager and merchandiser of Rogers Grain in Covington, OH. I want to share with you an...

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The Greatest Myth of Grain Merchandising

Let’s talk about spreads for a moment – Carry Spreads, Flat Spreads, and Inverted Spreads. It’s no secret that spreads play a big role in how...

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The 11 Rules of Basis Trading

The Basis Trader's Rules We are in the grain business and we are basis traders. Futures are used only to fix the basis on a grain transaction and...

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