Taking advantage of market opportunities
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8/26/2019
With this spring’s wet planting conditions, corn and soybean futures prices rallied more than $1 per bushel between mid-May and mid-June. Basis (local cash minus nearby futures price) strengthened, especially for old crop corn. Farmers still storing old crop corn or needing to price new crop bushels were rewarded with the some of the highest futures prices and best basis...
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