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Any optimism surrounding the recent uptick in business with China appears to be long forgotten this morning and has been replaced by clear skies, seasonal temperature, and the promise of excellent planting progress in the days ahead.  Keep in mind that China is on holiday this week, so we probably…

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MAY 2, 2020 If I can take the liberty of paraphrasing the old aphorism, “If I didn’t have bad luck, I would not have any luck at all”. Replace the word “luck,” with “news,” it would pretty well summarize every economic release in the past week. Granted, no one was…

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It is May Day.  While I doubt we will see too many children dancing around May Poles with quarantines in effect, and for the most part, the tradition of dropping May Baskets at the doorsteps of neighbors and friends seems to be a forgotten (although not for my wife). Regardless,…

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It is May Day.  While I doubt we will see too many children dancing around May Poles with quarantines in effect, and for the most part, the tradition of dropping May Baskets at the doorsteps of neighbors and friends seems to be a forgotten (although not for my wife). Regardless,…

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It would appear that we here in Northern Illinois should be expecting to see an explosion of flowers in the next month as we have certainly finished out the month of April with an abundance of showers.  Needless to say, this has provided more than a few restless nights for…

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