Max Armstrong looks at the proposed idea of the government buying grain to bolster markets in light of the trade war. Max shares some history on the idea, and how the stores of grain weighed on the market and many have argued in the past that the government shouldn’t be holding grain.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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