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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	Quotes
	@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS - MGE   High Low Last Chg Mar 5.8075 5.7650 5.7975 0.0050 May 5.9150 5.8750 5.9025 0.0050 Jul 6.0425 6.0200 6.0225 -0.0050 Sep 6.2025 6.1800 6.1825 -0.0075 Dec 6.3800 6.3750 6.3800 0.0025 Mar 6.4625 6.4400 6.4400 0.0075   @C - CORN - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 443'0 439'6 440'4 -1'6 May 451'2 448'0 448'6 -2'0 Jul 457'4 454'2 455'0 -2'0 Sep 451'6 448'4 449'2 -2'2 Dec 463'0 460'4 461'2 -1'6 Mar 476'0 473'4 473'6 -2'2 May 482'6 480'6 480'6 -2'0 Jul 485'6 484'2 484'4 -1'6 Sep 468'0 0'0   @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jan 1053'4 1047'2 1049'0 -0'4 Mar 1067'6 1061'0 1063'2 -0'2 May 1079'2 1072'6 1074'4 -0'6 Jul 1091'2 1084'2 1086'2 -1'0 Aug 1088'4 1082'2 1084'0 -0'6 Sep 1075'0 1069'2 1070'6 -0'4 Nov 1079'4 1073'6 1075'0 -0'6 Jan 1089'2 1084'6 1085'2 0'0 Mar 1088'6 1084'6 1085'2 -0'4   @W - WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 515'4 510'4 511'2 -1'6 May 526'6 522'0 522'4 -2'2 Jul 538'6 534'2 534'6 -2'4 Sep 553'0 549'0 549'2 -2'2 Dec 571'2 567'4 567'6 -2'4 Mar 587'2 584'4 584'4 -1'6 May 593'4 592'2 592'2 -2'6 Jul 592'2 592'2 592'2 -2'2 Sep 599'6 0'0   @KW - KC HRW WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 529'4 522'2 522'4 -4'6 May 542'0 535'2 535'4 -4'6 Jul 555'2 548'6 549'0 -4'4   @AC - @ACF0 - UNKNOWN   High Low Last Chg Jan

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	HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 26) 5.7975 0.0050 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (May 26) 5.9025 0.0050 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Jul 26) 6.0225 -0.0050 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Sep 26) 6.1825 -0.0075 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Dec 26) 6.3800 0.0025 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 27) 6.4400 0.0075 CORN (Mar 26) 440'4 -1'6 CORN (May 26) 448'6 -2'0 CORN (Jul 26) 455'0 -2'0 CORN (Sep 26) 449'2 -2'2 CORN (Dec 26) 461'2 -1'6 CORN (Mar 27) 473'6 -2'2 CORN (May 27) 480'6 -2'0 CORN (Jul 27) 484'4 -1'6 CORN (Sep 27) 468'0 0'0 SOYBEANS (Jan 26) 1049'0 -0'4 SOYBEANS (Mar 26) 1063'2 -0'2 SOYBEANS (May 26) 1074'4 -0'6 SOYBEANS (Jul 26) 1086'2 -1'0 SOYBEANS (Aug 26) 1084'0 -0'6 SOYBEANS (Sep 26) 1070'6 -0'4 SOYBEANS (Nov 26) 1075'0 -0'6 SOYBEANS (Jan 27) 1085'2 0'0 SOYBEANS (Mar 27) 1085'2 -0'4 WHEAT (Mar 26) 511'2 -1'6 WHEAT (May 26) 522'4 -2'2 WHEAT (Jul 26) 534'6 -2'4 WHEAT (Sep 26) 549'2 -2'2 WHEAT (Dec 26) 567'6 -2'4 WHEAT (Mar 27) 584'4 -1'6 WHEAT (May 27) 592'2 -2'6 WHEAT (Jul 27) 592'2 -2'2 WHEAT (Sep 27) 599'6 0'0 KC HRW WHEAT (Mar 26) 522'4 -4'6 KC HRW WHEAT (May 26) 535'4 -4'6 KC HRW WHEAT (Jul 26) 549'0 -4'4

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	Hillsboro, ND Chg Zip Code:  Temp: 31oF Feels Like: 22oF Humid: 91% Dew Pt: 28oF Barom: 29.36 Wind Dir: WNW Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph Sunrise: 8:14 Sunset: 4:46 As reported at South Farm, ND at 10:00 AM
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	Date Tue 12/30 Wed 12/31 Thu 1/1 Fri 1/2 Sat 1/3 Weather Condition Weather Snow Showers Snow Snow Partly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Temp L/H (°F) 10/34 -9/14 -10/10 -7/7 1/13 Feels Like L/H (°F) 3/25 -21/1 -16/3 -18/-3 -7/4 Dew Point (°F) 23 -3 -4 -5 2 Humidity (%) 85 78 84 75 78 Wind Speed (mph) 12 12 6 5 6 Precip (%) 71 80 51 - - Precip Amt (in.) S: <1/4 L: 0.02 S: 1-2 L: 0.10 S: 1-2 L: 0.06 None None Evap (in./day) 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
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