Holiday Notice
	Grain Markets close at noon on Thursday Closed Friday July 3rd Re-open at 7 pm Sunday night Alton Grain and our Halstad Location office and dump pits will be closed on Friday

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	Alton Dump Schedule and Pricing Programs  Please check and core all your bins - lot of mold and heat damage showing up in corn and beans. We have also started to see some dry, light tw corn, start to heat up. Receiving wet or dry Soybeans, Corn and Wheat Free Price Later on new deliveries of soybeans, wheat and corn into Alton and our Halstad location.   Price by dates for price later grain is July 31, 2020 for wheat and August 30, 2020 on corn and soybeans. Alton Location - 8 am to in-line by 4:30 pm Mon-Friday.   Halstad location - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Mon-Friday.  Both locations closed Saturday and Sunday. Current wheat protein scale - any pro.   New crop 2021 and 2022 contracts - No service charge. AGT will not accept grains containing GMO events not approved for US export markets.

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	@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE   High Low Last Chg Jul 506'0 498'6 498'6 -8'4 Sep 518'0 512'6 513'6 -3'6 Dec 531'4 526'4 527'4 -2'6 Mar 544'6 540'0 540'6 -3'4 May 558'6 553'0 553'0 -3'4 Jul 567'6 566'4 567'6 -3'4   @C - CORN - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jul 350'2 344'4 345'0 -3'2 Sep 353'4 346'2 346'4 -4'0 Dec 363'0 356'0 356'2 -4'2 Mar 373'6 367'2 367'4 -4'0 May 379'0 372'6 373'2 -3'6 Jul 382'6 377'0 377'4 -3'2 Sep 374'2 369'2 369'4 -3'0 Dec 380'0 375'0 375'0 -2'6 Mar 388'0 383'6 383'6 -2'4   @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jul 898'0 892'2 892'2 -1'4 Aug 895'6 889'0 890'2 -1'2 Sep 895'2 888'4 889'2 -2'0 Nov 903'0 896'0 897'0 -2'0 Jan 907'0 900'6 901'4 -2'0 Mar 899'6 893'6 895'2 -0'6 May 897'4 891'0 893'0 -0'6 Jul 903'4 898'0 899'6 -0'4 Aug 899'0 886'6 899'0 16'4   @W - WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jul 499'0 492'2 492'2 -6'4 Sep 499'2 491'6 492'4 -6'2 Dec 506'2 499'2 499'6 -6'2 Mar 513'6 507'2 507'6 -5'6 May 518'2 512'4 513'2 -5'0 Jul 518'0 512'6 513'0 -5'2 Sep 524'4 521'6 523'0 -2'6 Dec 536'2 532'2 532'2 -4'4 Mar 541'0 6'0   @KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT   High Low Last Chg Jul 438'4 433'0 434'2 -8'2 Sep 443'6 434'0 435'0 -7'6 Dec 455'4 446'4 447'4 -7'4   @AC - ETHANOL - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jul 1.250 1.250 1.250 0.009 Aug 1.250 1.210 1.250 0.045 Sep 1.225 0.045   SP - S&P 500 INDEX - CME   High Low Last Chg Sep 3103.10 12.90 Dec 2835.50 12.80 Mar 3085.20 11.10

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	HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Jul 20) 498'6 -8'4 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Sep 20) 513'6 -3'6 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Dec 20) 527'4 -2'6 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Mar 21) 540'6 -3'4 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (May 21) 553'0 -3'4 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Jul 21) 567'6 -3'4 CORN (Jul 20) 345'0 -3'2 CORN (Sep 20) 346'4 -4'0 CORN (Dec 20) 356'2 -4'2 CORN (Mar 21) 367'4 -4'0 CORN (May 21) 373'2 -3'6 CORN (Jul 21) 377'4 -3'2 CORN (Sep 21) 369'4 -3'0 CORN (Dec 21) 375'0 -2'6 CORN (Mar 22) 383'6 -2'4 SOYBEANS (Jul 20) 892'2 -1'4 SOYBEANS (Aug 20) 890'2 -1'2 SOYBEANS (Sep 20) 889'2 -2'0 SOYBEANS (Nov 20) 897'0 -2'0 SOYBEANS (Jan 21) 901'4 -2'0 SOYBEANS (Mar 21) 895'2 -0'6 SOYBEANS (May 21) 893'0 -0'6 SOYBEANS (Jul 21) 899'6 -0'4 SOYBEANS (Aug 21) 899'0 16'4 WHEAT (Jul 20) 492'2 -6'4 WHEAT (Sep 20) 492'4 -6'2 WHEAT (Dec 20) 499'6 -6'2 WHEAT (Mar 21) 507'6 -5'6 WHEAT (May 21) 513'2 -5'0 WHEAT (Jul 21) 513'0 -5'2 WHEAT (Sep 21) 523'0 -2'6 WHEAT (Dec 21) 532'2 -4'4 WHEAT (Mar 22) 541'0 6'0 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (Jul 20) 434'2 -8'2 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (Sep 20) 435'0 -7'6 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (Dec 20) 447'4 -7'4 ETHANOL (Jul 20) 1.250 0.009 ETHANOL (Aug 20) 1.250 0.045 ETHANOL (Sep 20) 1.225 0.045 S&P 500 INDEX (Sep 20) 3103.10 12.90 S&P 500 INDEX (Dec 20) 2835.50 12.80 S&P 500 INDEX (Mar 21) 3085.20 11.10

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	Hillsboro, ND Chg Zip Code:  Temp: 79oF Feels Like: 82oF Humid: 79% Dew Pt: 72oF Barom: 30.04 Wind Dir: SSE Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph Sunrise: 5:37 Sunset: 9:19 As reported at FERGUS FALLS, MN at 9:00 AM
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	Chg Zip: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday High: 88°F Low: 72°F Precip: 0% High: 87°F Low: 70°F Precip: 20% High: 88°F Low: 71°F Precip: 30% High: 86°F Low: 71°F Precip: 75% High: 83°F Low: 69°F Precip: 60%
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	Date Thu 7/2 Fri 7/3 Sat 7/4 Sun 7/5 Mon 7/6 Weather Condition Weather Clear Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Temp L/H (°F) 72/88 70/87 71/88 71/86 69/83 Feels Like L/H (°F) 79/92 70/89 72/90 72/91 69/86 Dew Point (°F) 68 67 67 68 67 Humidity (%) 58 60 59 64 71 Wind Speed (mph) 10 8 9 10 5 Precip (%) - 20 30 75 60 Precip Amt (in.) None Rain 0.01 Rain 0.02 Rain 0.32 Rain 0.36 Evap (in./day) 0.31 0.27 0.26 0.25 0.19
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	Limited Central US Rain Thursday Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist Scattered rain in the Southeast Thursday. Mostly dry elsewhere. Conditions will be warm, which is good for wheat, but hot conditions are stressful for pollinating corn. » More DTN Weather Commentary Posted at 2:43PM Wed Jul 1, 2020 CDT

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