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To: blam

I’d forget about coffee and keep a close eye on the futures for wheat and soybeans.


9 posted on 08/30/2010 7:35:11 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Farmer Dean

I’d forget about coffee and keep a close eye on the futures for wheat and soybeans.

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Coffee is second only to petroleum in world trade.

US consumers drink more coffee per capita than any other nation.

Granted, it is not _food_, but it is not an insignificant trade item.


38 posted on 08/30/2010 8:32:24 PM PDT by Psalm 144
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