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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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Explain how you're the middle man, but everyone still wins.
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Grain origination isn’t exactly easy. Successful grain origination programs take time and resources to develop. Since your ability to originate grain...
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On the farm, you’re likely never very far off from having to plug the next leak. The tire on the planter, the head gasket on the service truck or...
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If there is anything that the past several seasons of farming has taught us, it’s that there is indeed nothing new under the sun. Looking back, the...
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If you have tried to originate grain for a day or for a lifetime, you’ve heard plenty of reasons NOT to sell grain. “OK,” you say, “why don’t we go...
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It seems like each crop year that comes around brings new types of contracts with new promises. Of course, the years of low prices that make it...
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Scott Hardy: Feb 24, 2015
The word habits has sort of a negative connotation. We could make long list of negative habits. What pops into your head when you think of good...
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This time of year, with football games aplenty, basketball games on 27 out of 32 channels, and baseball just around the corner, inspires this simple...
