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28 Ways to Know You're Married to a Grain Merchandiser
Being a grain merchandiser can be a pretty lonely existence. There just aren't that many people on the planet that truly understand what a grain...
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Preparing for the Grain Merchandising Inevitable: Part 3
Sherry Lorton: Feb 3, 2015
A Plan in the Making
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Preparing for the Grain Merchandising Inevitable: Part 2
Sherry Lorton: Jan 27, 2015
Planning with a Purpose
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10 Ways for Grain Merchandisers to Make Better Forward Sales
Sherry Lorton: Nov 18, 2014
One of the greatest weapons in a grain merchandiser's arsenal can be making deferred basis sales. It can be a great way to reduce basis risk, reduce...
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Is Your Grain Merchandising Program an Activist or a Pacifist?
Despite just wrapping up an intense and at times nauseating, campaign season, I am not referring to politics here. Another way of phrasing this...
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Basis and Futures: Two Beasts with One Burden
Simply stated, the shared burden of both the basis and futures is to move grain. When these signals are interpreted correctly, this task is...
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Managing the Transition With Proactive Grain Merchandising
In many parts of the world, grain merchandisers have just begun taking in a huge harvest. Dealing with logistics, limited space, slower than normal...
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Price Later Fees Part 2: Why Grain Elevators Lose Money Charging Them
Price Later (PL) Fees are unlike any other fees charged by grain elevators. For a background on PL Fees and what causes them to change, check out...
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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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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...