With feeder calf prices skyrocketing, the markets may finally be offering a better return for stocking pastures with beef cattle than for planting cropland with grains.
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Elaine Kub
Elaine Kub is the author of Mastering the Grain Markets: How Profits Are Really Made -- a 360-degree look at all aspects of grain trading, which draws on her experiences as a futures broker, market analyst, grain merchandiser, and farmer. She grew up on a family farm in South Dakota and holds an engineering degree and an MBA.
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- John Baranick
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- Lori Culler
- Katie Micik Dehlinger
- Brian Ethridge
- Myke Feinman
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