ANALYZING USDA REPORTS

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HERE ARE SOME EARLY THOUGHTS ON YOUR 2016 MARKETING PLAN.Ihave enjoyed studying USDA crop reports for the last 40 years. I even had the good fortune to witness the dramatic lockup process that happens at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the USDA, in the crucial hours before the release of each major report. Commodity brokers and lifelong grain traders don't normally get to have an advance peek at these market-making reports. However, since I'm also a writer, I got invited to come in for a look.