The region stands astride the primary corridor for the Midwest grain trade and sits in the middle of the Gulf trade routes.

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Even so, in contrast to only ten years ago, the firms operating in Kansas City today are largely the same as those trading soft red winter wheat at the Chicago Board of Trade and spring wheat at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

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What ensues may be against the law, but it goes no more against the grain of common decency than any other tool of your trade.

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Grain merchants stepped in to set standards, now that grain from multiple fields was going to be mixed, and they established the Chicago Board of Trade.

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