Listen "Season 3, Ep. 9: Grain trading before the Internet | Mark Gold"
Episode Synopsis
Long before the instantaneous internet, grain traders in Chicago made trades by hand. Literally.
In fact, traders basically came up with their own version of sign language for this highly-active job.
Mark Gold of Top Third Ag Marketing in Chicago described what his job looked like in the 1970s.
In this episode of Grain IQ, we go back in history to learn what it was like to trade commodities before computers were part of the picture.
Grain IQ is a production of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association, in cooperation and with support from the Nebraska Soybean Board.
In fact, traders basically came up with their own version of sign language for this highly-active job.
Mark Gold of Top Third Ag Marketing in Chicago described what his job looked like in the 1970s.
In this episode of Grain IQ, we go back in history to learn what it was like to trade commodities before computers were part of the picture.
Grain IQ is a production of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association, in cooperation and with support from the Nebraska Soybean Board.