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MAY 17, 2020 At some time or another, I am sure that most of us have used the adage “rules are made to be broken” (some of us more than others). Still, there is another that would seem to be more appropriate for 2020, particularly when discussing the economy or…

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MAY 17, 2020 At some time or another, I am sure that most of us have used the adage “rules are made to be broken” (some of us more than others). Still, there is another that would seem to be more appropriate for 2020, particularly when discussing the economy or…

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Feast or famine. No, I am not referring to the cycle of crop production, but rather the fact that earlier this week we were hit with a deluge of various production and supply/demand estimates, and here at the end of the week, little more than a trickle of news.  Mind…

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Feast or famine. No, I am not referring to the cycle of crop production, but rather the fact that earlier this week we were hit with a deluge of various production and supply/demand estimates, and here at the end of the week, little more than a trickle of news.  Mind…

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China is going to speed up purchases of U.S. farm products, but rising bean inventories in that nation and falling crush margins could create a challenge.  That was the conflicting message delivered by Zhang Hua, the vice general manager of the Chinese state-owned ag giant COFCO, during an only conference…

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