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While following grain/soy markets is always a challenge, loaded with uncertainty, it is never more so than during the critical summer months.  We have already moved beyond the first challenge, which is getting the crop in the ground in a timely fashion, and this year, timely is defined as well…

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Free Commentary

I realize this is going to sound shocking, but we are now in the month of June with crops in the early developmental stage, and markets appear to be hypersensitive to the weather forecast.  That would seem akin to saying that newborn babies are likely to cry, and politicians may…

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Daily Comments

I realize this is going to sound shocking, but we are now in the month of June with crops in the early developmental stage, and markets appear to be hypersensitive to the weather forecast.  That would seem akin to saying that newborn babies are likely to cry, and politicians may…

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Weekly Commentary

MAY 28, 2021 At one time or another, many of us have heard the phrase, “What is good for the goose is good for the gander.” An extremely literal individual who struggles with allegory may mistakenly think this is a reference to gender equality for waterfowl, but of course, it…

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It just so happened that this morning, I received an email with a link to the most current edition of an online dictionary, so I was a bit curious as to any changes or updates they had made.  The first word that came to mind and I decided to look…

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