Max Armstrong digs into a question posed by a commodity trader who asks some interesting questions about market advisers. Farmers often have the expectation that a commodity broker has special knowledge. Instead, the adviser should avoid predicting the market, and instead create a plan to deal with the risks involved.

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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