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Phil Luce: Jul 15, 2020
We (human beings, that is) are strongly motivated by FOMO – Fear of Missing Out. Any decision we make before we are forced into deciding means foregoing additional opportunities, and that doesn’t feel good in the moment (it doesn’t matter that we...
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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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Phil Luce: May 19, 2020
Last spring, things in the grain world were a mess. Huge swaths of the country were late planting or not planting at all. The general sense was that...
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Part of my job at a country elevator was buying grain from farmers. I want to be completely clear that the vast majority of my interactions were...
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What is contract integrity? Simply put, contract integrity refers to the viability and enforceability of a grain company’s policies and procedures...
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According to recent statistics, financial fraud is on a significant upswing. Last year, 82% of businesses in the United States suffered an instance...
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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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Cambridge dictionary defines waste of space as “a person or thing that is not useful or helpful.” In the grain storage business, it is our...
