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Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company (“Aurora Cooperative”), a Nebraska cooperative, announces it has reached an agreement for the sale of its South Dakota assets located in Mitchell and Tyndall, South Dakota to Agtegra, a South Dakota-based agricultural cooperative. Aurora Cooperative acquired the South Dakota assets in…
Continue ReadingHello everyone, my name is Camden Holliday, I am an accounting intern based out of Aurora, NE. I will be attending Hastings College this next…
Continue ReadingAre Farmers Slow Learners? As I sat in an agronomy meeting this week, an interesting point was brought up – are farmers slow learners? The literal reading of the question is demeaning, of course, but it followed with explanation. When implied as intelligence, it’s an obvious “no”; you have a number of decisions on variables…
Continue readingAs I type, we are seeing a soybean market that is supported by less than ideal South American weather. We started the week by adding weather premium to these markets, and word that China bought 20 US cargoes in the last week for the months ahead gave it another boost higher. Soybean values have gained…
Continue readingOver the past few years, the most commonly used word by market analysts has been "volatile." Volatile markets, volatile weather, and volatile input costs have been the talk of the town. However, over the past 45 days, December corn futures have been anything but volatile, trading between 5.00 and 4.70 every single day since 8/3/2023.…
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