Holiday Notice
	Merry Christmas from the crew at Alton Grain Terminal! Office and dump pits will close on Wednesday Dec 24th at 3 pm. Closed on Dec 25th and 26th.

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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 5.8275 5.7725 5.8150 May 5.9725 5.8975 5.9275 Jul 6.0550 6.0175 6.0400 0.0025 Sep 6.2100 6.1700 6.1950 0.0075 Dec 6.3900 6.3800 6.3900 0.0100 Mar 6.5200 6.5000 6.5000 0.0150   @C - CORN - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 451'2 446'6 450'4 3'0 May 459'2 454'6 458'4 3'0 Jul 465'0 460'0 463'6 2'6 Sep 457'4 453'2 456'4 2'2 Dec 467'6 464'0 467'0 2'0 Mar 480'4 478'0 480'2 2'6 May 487'2 485'0 486'6 2'0 Jul 490'4 488'2 490'2 2'2 Sep 471'0 470'6 471'0 2'2   @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jan 1064'6 1050'6 1062'6 11'2 Mar 1077'6 1063'0 1075'6 12'0 May 1088'6 1073'6 1086'6 12'4 Jul 1099'6 1085'2 1097'6 12'4 Aug 1096'2 1083'0 1094'6 12'0 Sep 1081'0 1070'6 1079'2 10'2 Nov 1084'4 1072'6 1083'0 10'0 Jan 1093'6 1086'0 1093'6 10'6 Mar 1093'6 1087'0 1093'4 10'6   @W - WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 525'0 518'0 522'4 5'4 May 535'2 528'4 533'0 5'6 Jul 546'4 539'4 544'4 6'0 Sep 560'2 553'0 558'2 6'2 Dec 578'0 572'6 576'2 6'2 Mar 592'4 589'0 592'4 5'4 May 594'2 5'4 Jul 592'4 5'6 Sep 599'6 5'6   @KW - KC HRW WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 535'0 528'4 534'2 6'0 May 547'0 541'2 546'0 6'0 Jul 559'4 553'0 558'6 5'6   @AC - @ACF0 - UNKNOWN   High Low Last Chg Jan

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	HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 26) 5.8150 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (May 26) 5.9275 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Jul 26) 6.0400 0.0025 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Sep 26) 6.1950 0.0075 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Dec 26) 6.3900 0.0100 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 27) 6.5000 0.0150 CORN (Mar 26) 450'4 3'0 CORN (May 26) 458'4 3'0 CORN (Jul 26) 463'6 2'6 CORN (Sep 26) 456'4 2'2 CORN (Dec 26) 467'0 2'0 CORN (Mar 27) 480'2 2'6 CORN (May 27) 486'6 2'0 CORN (Jul 27) 490'2 2'2 CORN (Sep 27) 471'0 2'2 SOYBEANS (Jan 26) 1062'6 11'2 SOYBEANS (Mar 26) 1075'6 12'0 SOYBEANS (May 26) 1086'6 12'4 SOYBEANS (Jul 26) 1097'6 12'4 SOYBEANS (Aug 26) 1094'6 12'0 SOYBEANS (Sep 26) 1079'2 10'2 SOYBEANS (Nov 26) 1083'0 10'0 SOYBEANS (Jan 27) 1093'6 10'6 SOYBEANS (Mar 27) 1093'4 10'6 WHEAT (Mar 26) 522'4 5'4 WHEAT (May 26) 533'0 5'6 WHEAT (Jul 26) 544'4 6'0 WHEAT (Sep 26) 558'2 6'2 WHEAT (Dec 26) 576'2 6'2 WHEAT (Mar 27) 592'4 5'4 WHEAT (May 27) 594'2 5'4 WHEAT (Jul 27) 592'4 5'6 WHEAT (Sep 27) 599'6 5'6 KC HRW WHEAT (Mar 26) 534'2 6'0 KC HRW WHEAT (May 26) 546'0 6'0 KC HRW WHEAT (Jul 26) 558'6 5'6

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	Hillsboro, ND Chg Zip Code:  Temp: 15oF Feels Like: 3oF Humid: 87% Dew Pt: 12oF Barom: 29.41 Wind Dir: E Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph Sunrise: 8:14 Sunset: 4:42 As reported at South Farm, ND at 7:00 AM
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	Date Thu 12/25 Fri 12/26 Sat 12/27 Sun 12/28 Mon 12/29 Weather Condition Weather Rain Cloudy Cloudy Snow Partly Cloudy Temp L/H (°F) 9/33 18/32 21/32 2/19 -6/10 Feels Like L/H (°F) 2/28 11/25 7/25 -17/5 -23/-2 Dew Point (°F) 20 23 24 4 -4 Humidity (%) 89 97 95 72 73 Wind Speed (mph) 12 5 9 17 7 Precip (%) 45 - - 41 - Precip Amt (in.) Rain 0.03 None None S: 1/4-1 L: 0.03 None Evap (in./day) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01
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