Flood Risk Foreshadows Spring Planting

  • 2 Mar 2020
  • By Blu Putnam

Farmers could harvest a bountiful crop if the current benign weather pattern holds, but 2019's severe flooding is casting a shadow over spring planting.

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Bluford “Blu” Putnam has served as Managing Director and Chief Economist of CME Group since May 2011. With more than 35 years of experience in the financial services industry and concentrations in central banking, investment research, and portfolio management, Blu serves as CME Group’s spokesperson on global economic conditions.

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