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Dwayne Andreas, who made ADM world's supermarket, dies at 98
Andreas died Nov. 16 in Decatur, Illinois.by Stephen MillerDwayne Andreas, who spent 27 years building Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. into the world’s largest processor of agricultural products, then...
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Rethink your farm’s financial management
Is your farm too sophisticated for your bookkeeper?By Larry StalcupYou’ve taken advantage of better seed, better crop protectants and other technology to produce bin-busting yields. It looks like a...
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Funds turn bullish on ag
Bears head for the sidelines before holiday.Trading after Independence Day often turns volatile in the grain market, so it’s no wonder big speculators got in position before the holiday this week....
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6 marketing tools that give selective hedgers a profit edge
Short-term trading isn’t supposed to pay off. What if it did?The public looks at futures traders as the flash-and-dashers of the financial world. That’s certainly not the image most city folks have...
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Our annual exclusive storage study: Timing is almost everything
When, where and how you sold spells difference between storage profit and loss.Storing the record 2016 corn crop was a great strategy. It was also a money pit. Which side of that divide showed up on...
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Louis Dreyfus hedge fund will close by end of 2017
Dreyfus reorganizing to focus on core agriculture markets.by Isis Almeida and Nishant KumarThe hedge fund run by Louis Dreyfus Holding BV will close by the end of 2017, joining a wave of...
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Farm like Pharaoh: How to design a business plan for a boom-and-bust industry
A game plan focused on financial planning, long-term sales and risk management can help take some of the rough edges off farming’s cycles.Duane Noland doesn’t want to build a pyramid to cement his...
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In a panic over trade war? Not me
Even when the sky appears to be falling, be prepared to hedge risk and act on opportunities.Hearing all the talking heads on the farm shows today, you maybe wonder where they got their vast knowledge...
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