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| Eyeing commodity markets low risk and high return |
Commodity marketing can seem as unfair as life sometimes — rather than getting what you want or deserve, you just get what you get, despite all the hard work.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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| Survey to measure supply of local foods, need for packinghouse |
Most people see the 25,000-square-foot warehouse next to Roberts’ Seafood in Springfield as an empty former distribution warehouse. Jim Slama sees trucks and trailers of various sizes pulling in, loaded with the fruit and vegetable bounty of the season, unloading their wares.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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| Growing corn, soybean demand is likely to keep grain prices up |
Despite record production, demand for corn and soybeans remains high. And there are no indications of major changes in the near term.
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Monday, March 01, 2010
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| Early forecast has 1.5-million-acre increase in corn |
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released baseline planting projections indicating a move toward more corn acres, but the weather and other factors will weigh heavily on growers’ decisions this spring.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
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