The grain futures markets showed impressive price gains late last week. December corn (ZCZ25) futures Friday hit a three-week high and for the week gained 9 1/2 cents. November soybeans (ZSX25) last ...

To most people, life in a grain elevator might seem a dusty, monotonous existence with little or no future at all. But Houston’s William Fellrath made a career of it. He joined the city’s grain ...