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Panelists - Matt Bennett, AgMarket.net - Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing - Mike Zuzolo, GlobalCommResearch.com ★ Support this podcast ★
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Commodity Week
Todd E. Gleason · Business · English
Established 1988 Commodity Week is a weekly wrap-up of the CME Group grain markets with analysis and guest interviews. The program is generally recorded Thursday afternoons and posted online by 7:00 p.m. central. It airs on WILL AM580 during the 2:00 p.m. hour each Friday. Commodity Week is a pr
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