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For many a generation, parents have delighted in reading their children the classic story, The Little Engine Who Could.  I suspect that most of us are familiar with the tale. Still, just in case you need your memory refreshed, it is about a small train engine that is called upon…

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Free Commentary

I have been searching for the appropriate phrase this morning.  “A day late and a dollar short,” or how about, “better late than never.”  Either would seem appropriate to describe the long-awaited moisture that has returned to Northern Illinois over the past 48 hours or so.  Right where I sit,…

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Daily Comments

I have been searching for the appropriate phrase this morning.  “A day late and a dollar short,” or how about, “better late than never.”  Either would seem appropriate to describe the long-awaited moisture that has returned to Northern Illinois over the past 48 hours or so.  Right where I sit,…

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Weekly Commentary

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 It would seem only appropriate that, just ahead of the national celebration of Labor here in the United States, we should be presented with encouraging news on the labor front. During the month of August, US employers added 1.37 million jobs to payrolls, and we saw the…

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While most of the thrills and spills were over at the equity casino yesterday, it did create little discomfort in the grain trade as well.  Beans did turn out to be the exception to the rule as they shrugged off the volatility elsewhere, and let’s face it, China is interested…

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