Holiday Notice
	Happy New Year from the crew at Alton Grain Terminal! Office and dump pits will closing at 3 pm on Wednesday Dec 31st. Dump pits will be closed on Jan 1st and 2nd. Office will be open 8 am to 1 pm on Jan 2nd.

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	Alton Dump Schedule and Pricing Programs Receiving corn, wheat and soybeans Regular hours - 8:00 am to in line by 4:30 pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday. Receiving wet or dry corn, dry soybeans and dry wheat. All grains are basis fix or cash price only. Protein scale +5/-5 each 1/5th from 14 pro. Effective 11/21/25 AGT will not accept grains containing GMO events not approved for US export markets.

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	@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS - MGE   High Low Last Chg Mar 5.7825 5.7275 5.7400 -0.0450 May 5.8900 5.8325 5.8425 -0.0450 Jul 6.0125 5.9850 5.9950 -0.0425 Sep 6.1725 6.1500 6.1700 -0.0425 Dec 6.3525 6.3525 6.3525 -0.0425 Mar 6.4400 -0.0425   @C - CORN - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 441'0 0'0 May 448'6 0'0 Jul 455'0 0'0 Sep 448'4 0'0 Dec 460'2 0'0 Mar 473'4 0'0 May 480'2 0'0 Jul 483'4 0'0 Sep 466'6 0'0   @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jan 1031'2 0'0 Mar 1047'2 0'0 May 1060'6 0'0 Jul 1074'2 0'0 Aug 1072'4 0'0 Sep 1060'0 0'0 Nov 1064'2 0'0 Jan 1074'6 0'0 Mar 1075'2 0'0   @W - WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 506'4 0'0 May 518'2 0'0 Jul 530'4 0'0 Sep 545'2 0'0 Dec 564'0 0'0 Mar 580'0 0'0 May 588'6 0'0 Jul 592'4 0'0 Sep 599'6 0'0   @KW - KC HRW WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 522'0 514'0 515'0 -7'2 May 534'4 527'4 528'0 -7'0 Jul 548'4 541'6 542'2 -6'4   @AC - @ACF0 - UNKNOWN   High Low Last Chg Jan

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	HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 26) 5.7400 -0.0450 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (May 26) 5.8425 -0.0450 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Jul 26) 5.9950 -0.0425 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Sep 26) 6.1700 -0.0425 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Dec 26) 6.3525 -0.0425 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 27) 6.4400 -0.0425 CORN (Mar 26) 441'0 0'0 CORN (May 26) 448'6 0'0 CORN (Jul 26) 455'0 0'0 CORN (Sep 26) 448'4 0'0 CORN (Dec 26) 460'2 0'0 CORN (Mar 27) 473'4 0'0 CORN (May 27) 480'2 0'0 CORN (Jul 27) 483'4 0'0 CORN (Sep 27) 466'6 0'0 SOYBEANS (Jan 26) 1031'2 0'0 SOYBEANS (Mar 26) 1047'2 0'0 SOYBEANS (May 26) 1060'6 0'0 SOYBEANS (Jul 26) 1074'2 0'0 SOYBEANS (Aug 26) 1072'4 0'0 SOYBEANS (Sep 26) 1060'0 0'0 SOYBEANS (Nov 26) 1064'2 0'0 SOYBEANS (Jan 27) 1074'6 0'0 SOYBEANS (Mar 27) 1075'2 0'0 WHEAT (Mar 26) 506'4 0'0 WHEAT (May 26) 518'2 0'0 WHEAT (Jul 26) 530'4 0'0 WHEAT (Sep 26) 545'2 0'0 WHEAT (Dec 26) 564'0 0'0 WHEAT (Mar 27) 580'0 0'0 WHEAT (May 27) 588'6 0'0 WHEAT (Jul 27) 592'4 0'0 WHEAT (Sep 27) 599'6 0'0 KC HRW WHEAT (Mar 26) 515'0 -7'2 KC HRW WHEAT (May 26) 528'0 -7'0 KC HRW WHEAT (Jul 26) 542'2 -6'4

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	Hillsboro, ND Chg Zip Code:  Temp: -4oF Feels Like: -17oF Humid: 82% Dew Pt: -8oF Barom: 29.63 Wind Dir: NNE Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph Sunrise: 8:15 Sunset: 4:48 As reported at South Farm, ND at 9:00 PM
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