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Has the year of the Rat finally arrived?  That question can be responded to with so many different applications, but the one I had in mind concerns China.  January 25th ushered in the Year of the Rat on the Chinese calendar, and we here in the ag trade have been…

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Has the year of the Rat finally arrived?  That question can be responded to with so many different applications, but the one I had in mind concerns China.  January 25th ushered in the Year of the Rat on the Chinese calendar, and we here in the ag trade have been…

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For many, myself included, daily life in this coronavirus era becomes somewhat of a blur as each day of relative sameness blends into the next, and if you did not have a calendar to remind you of what day of the week it was, it might be easy to confuse…

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For many, myself included, daily life in this coronavirus era becomes somewhat of a blur as each day of relative sameness blends into the next, and if you did not have a calendar to remind you of what day of the week it was, it might be easy to confuse…

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Of course, I had no idea yesterday morning when I wrote about crude oil markets that it would ultimately turn into a historic record-setting session with spot WTI futures descending to as low as minus $40 per barrel.  Someone who owned crude oil was willing to pay someone else $40…

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