National Grain
Summary
St Joseph, Mo.
Tuesday, November 22, 1988
CASH GRAIN AND SOYBEANS
CLOSED HIGHER. WHEAT MARKETS
RECOVERED MONDAY’S LOSSES IN
SLOW PRE-HOLIDAY TRADING.
CORN AND SORGHUM MARKETS
HIGHER AS EXPORTERS WORK TO
FILL CONTRACT COMMITTMENTS
TO THE U.S.SR. COUNTRY SELLING
OF SOYBEANS CONTINUE VERY
LIGHT AND PROCESSORS REMAIN
AGGRESSIVE.
WINTER WHEAT WAS MOSTLY
GOOD TO FAIR EXCEPT IN THE
PLAINS WHERE IT WAS FAIR TO
GOOD. NINETY-FIVE PERCENT OF
THE CROP WAS EMERGED. RECENT
RAIN AND SNOW RELIEVED MOIS
TURE STRESS IN SOME AREAS.
SEEDING WAS COMPLETE, BUT
MOISTURE MAY ENCOURAGE ADDI
TIONAL SEEDING IN PREVIOUSLY
DRY AREAS. CORN HARVEST WAS
96 PERCENT COMPLETE. HARVEST
WAS OVER 90 PERCENT COMPLETE
IN ALL THE MAJOR PRODUCING
STATES EXCEPT MICHIGAN, OHIO,
AND PENNSYLVANIA. SOYBEAN
HARVEST WAS 93 PERCENT COM
PLETE. RAIN AGAIN SLOWED
HARVEST IN MUCH OF THE CORN
BELT AND THE DELTA. PASTURES
WERE MOSTLY FAIR TO GOOD.
LIVESTOCK WAS MOSTLY GOOD.
SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING CON
TINUED TO INCREASE AS PASTURES
WENT DORMANT. CROP RESIDUE
GRAZING CONTINUED. TEXAS HILL
COUNTRY PASTURES NEEDED RAIN
TO PROMOTE GROWTH FOR WINT
ER GRAZING. LIVESTOCK WATER
SUPPLIES REMAINED SHORT IN
Take Your Seat,
The Performance Is About To Begin.
You’ll applaud the performance of Funk’s
G-Hybrids like G-4543, G-4626 and G-4446 when
the curtain falls at harvest time.
A top choice for shelled grain or ear corn in
110 to 120-day maturity areas, G-4543 produces
maximum yields even at lower populations In Del
aware hybrid field corn trials, it topped the field
with 148.4 bu./A.
G-4626 has it all in a 115 to 120-day maturity
hybrid-fast dry-down, outstanding stay-green,
superior standability, excellent plant health and
NORTHERN MISSOURI. WESTERN
U.S.S.R., THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE
WEEK OF UNSEASONABLE COLD
WEATHER KEPT WINTER GRAINS
DORMANT. EXTREME COLD WAS
CONFINED TO WINTER GRAIN
AREAS IN THE EXTREME EASTERN
UKRAINE, THE VOLGA. THE EAST
ERN BLACK SOILS REGION, AND
THE VOLGA VYATSK. PRECIPITA
TION WAS WIDESPREAD, WITH HEA
VIEST AMOUNTS COVERING THE
WESTERN UKRAINE. SOUTH AMERI
CA. IN ARGENTINA. SUBSTANTIAL
RAIN MOISTENED MOST SUMMER
CROP AREAS. THE MOISTURE
HELPED CROP PLANTING AND
ESTABLISHMENT. IN SOUTH
CENTRAL BRAZIL. RAIN FAVORED
SOYBEAN GERMINATION IN RIO
GRANDE DO SUL, WHILE SOME BEN
EFICIAL BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS
FELL IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL.
LIGHT SHOWERS FELL IN PARANA.
WHERE SOYBENA PLANTING HAS
FALLEN BEHIND AVERAGE DUE TO
DRYNESS. TOPSOIL MOISTURE
REMAINS UNFAVORABLY LOW FOR
CROP ESTABLISHMENT IN PARANA
AND MATO GROSSO DO SUL.
EXPORT NEWS: JAPAN BOUGHT
57.000 TONNES OF U.S. WHEAT;
19.000 WESTERN WHITE AND 38,000
TONNES HARD RED WINTER
WHEAT. ALGERIA TENDERED FOR
50.000 TONNES DURUM UNDER EBP
FOR DEC/JAN SHIPMENT. SOUTH
KOREA’S FEED ASSOCIATION WILL
TENDER TODAY FOR 50,000 TONNES
OF OPTIONAL-ORIGIN CORN FOR
JAN/FEB SHIPMENT. TAIWAN
BOUGHT 40,000 TONNES OF U.S.
CORN AND 14,000 TONNES OF SORG
HUM FOR DEC SHIPMENT. TAIWAN
BOUGHT 33,000 TONNES U.S. SOY
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Hoffman Seeds, Inc.
Landisville, PA 17538
Dependable Seeds From Dependable People
Th« limitation of warranty and remedy on the tag attached to each bag of Funk's G-Hybnds and RA Hybrids is a part of the terms of sale thereof
Funk s is a brand name Numbers identify varieties
BEANS FOR DECEMBER SHIPMENT.
TAIWAN IS TENDERING FOR 54,000
TONNES OF SOYBEANS FOR DECEM
BER SHIPMENT. NORWAY TENDERS
TODAY FOR UP TO 75,000 TONNES
OF U.S. SOYBEANS FOR JANUARY.
CHANGES FROM UNKNOWN TO
U.S.SJL OF 500,000 METRIC TONS OF
GRAIN SORGHUM FOR 88/89 MARK
ETING YEAR.
DATE CHANGE YEAR AGO 11/22/88
11/21/88 11/24/87 WHEAT: KANSAS
CITY 4.06-4.09 UP 3-2 2.88-2.92 MIN
NEAPOLIS 4.13 3/4 UP 1 1/4 3.16 1/2
PORTLAND 4.71-4.74 NC 2.97-2.98 ST.
LOUIS 4.18-4.21 UP 8 3.12-3.15.
CORN. U.S. NO. 2 YELLOW: KAN
SAS CITY 2.54-2.56 UP 3 1.83-1.87 MIN
NEAPOLIS 2.413/4 UP 13/41.76 1/4 SO.
lOWA 2.57-2.61 UP 3-4 1.83-1.87 1/2
OMAHA 2.41-2.45 UP 2-4 1.73-1.76.
SOYBEANS, NO. 1 YELLOW: KAN
SAS CITY 7.36-7.39 UP 5-6 5.69-5.78
MINNEAPOLIS 7.20 3/4 UP 4 1/2 5.65
SO. lOWA 7.30-7.32 UP 9-7 5.75-5.83 C.
ILL. PROCESSORS 7.43-7.47 UP 4 1/2-2
1/2 5.84-5.94.
♦KANSAS CITY. US NO. 1 HARD
RED WINTER WHEAT. ORDINARY
PROTEIN. MINNEAPOLIS. US NO. 1
DARK NORTHERN SPRING WHEAT,
14% PROTEIN. PORTLAND. NO. 2
SOFT WHITE WHEAT, ST. LOUIS. NO.
2 SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT.
FUTURES CLOSE: KANSAS CITY
(DEC) WHEAT 4.09 1/2 UP 2 1/2 2.94.
MINNEAPOLIS (DEC) WHEAT 3.92
3/4 UP 1 1/4 2.73 1/2.
CHICAGO (DEC) WHEAT 4.15 UP 6
3/4 3.05.
(DEC) CORN 2.62 3/4 UP 1 3/4 1.87
1/4.
(NOV) SOYBEANS 7.50 3/4 UP 4 1/2
5.97.
EXPORT: BARGE OR RAIL, PORT
OF NEW ORLEANS OR NORTH TEX-
exceptional yields. In Delaware trials, G-4626 pro
duced yields up to 200.9 bu./A.
G-4446 delivers superior late season stand
ability, excellent grain quality and high test
weights. A multi-purpose, widely adapted hybrid,
G-4446 produced a state record 252.4 bu./A. in
the 1986 Pa Five-Acre Corn Club competition.
Get your ticket to superior performance by
contacting your local Hoffman sales representa
tive or our Landisville office. Call toll free
1-800-233-0137. In Ftt: 1-800-732-0456.
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AS GULF. NO. 1 HARD RED WINTER
WHEAT ORDINARY PROTEIN 4.45 UP
3 3.20-3.23 NO. 2 SOFT RED WINTER
WHEAT 4.41-4.43 UP 7 3.30-3.37 N 0.2
YELLOW CORN 2.84-2.86 UP 6-4
2.13-2.14 N 0.2 YELLOW SORGHUM
RAIL 4.62 UP 14 BARGE 4.73 UP 19
3.61-3.64 N 0.2 YELLOW SOYBEANS
7.58-7.59 UP 8 6.11-6.14.
Leinbach’s Hay
Shlppensburg, PA
Nov. 19 and 22. Report supplied by Auc
tion
TOTAL LOADS: 65.
ALFALFA: 90.00-122.00.
MIXED HAY: 71.00-104.00.
TIMOTHY: 70.00-95.00.
CLOVER: 76.00-95.00.
GRASS: 65.00-93.00.
STRAW: 43.00-65.00.
EAR CORN: 100.00.
CORN FODDER: 45.00-60.00.
OATS: 2.80 BU.
WOOD: 35.00-36.00.
Westminster Hay
Westminster, Md.
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1988
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 30.
ALFALFA: 78.00-92.50, 1.60-2.30
BALE.
ORCHARD GRASS: 78.00.
ORCHARD GRASS AND MIXED
GRASS: 1.55-1.80 BALE.
TIMOTHY: 2.00-2.50 BALE.
MIXED HAY: 72.00-76.00.
STRAW: 64.00-92.00, .85-1.05 BALE.
WOOD: 67.00-85.00.
New Wilmington
Hay
New Wilmington, PA.
Friday, Nov. 18, 1988
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 27.
ALFALFA: 100.00-140.00.
MDCED HAY: 82.50-147.50.
TIMOTHY: 87.50-132.50.
STRAW: 6 AT 90.00-100.00.
EAR CORN: 5 LOADS. 77.50-115.00.
Belleville Hay
Wednesday, Nov. 23
Belleville, PA
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 30 LDS. HAY.
ALFALFA: 87.50-137.50.
MDCED HAY: 71.00-122.50.
STRAW: 8 LOADS AT 67.50-82.50.
EAR CORN: 1 AT 132.50.
GRASS; 137.50.
Keister’s Hay
Middleburg, PA
Tuesday, Nov. 22
Report supplied by auction
26 LDS. HAY.
ALFALFA: 115.00-130.00.
MIXED HAY; 67.50-115.00.
STRAW: 5 LOADS, 75.00-87.50.
EAR CORN: (OLD) 125.00-132.50,
(NEW) 90.00.
OATS: 3 LOADS, 2.35-2.65 BU.
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettstown, NJ
Tues, Nov. 22, 1988
Report supplied b; auction
CALVES .30-1.40.
COWS .37%-.58'/..
EASY COWS .20-.42.
HEIFERS .45-.70.
BULLS .47’/. -.67.
STEERS .IS 1 /. -.70'/..
HOGS .2S-.36.
ROASTING PIGS, EACH 10.00-30 00.
SOWS .22-.23.
SHEEP .15-.59.
LAMBS EACH 37.00-66.00.
LAMBS PER LB. .46-1.01.
GOATS EACH 36.00-91.00.
KIDS EACH 17.00-63.00.
HIDES 8.00-19.00
MARTIN’S HAY &
STRAW SALE
Public Auction Every Wednesday,
12 Noon Sharp
Location: John Primus & Son,
Buck Run Road, Coatesville, PA
NWMMMFor Information MMMM
215-383-6686
Coordinators:
Harvey Z. Martin John Martin Primus
Mulch Contracts Also Available
FRIDAY, DEC. 16 ■ 1:00 PM
ON THE FARM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
Sale To Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks
Located 4 miles east of former loca
tion, 1 mile off 472 midway between
Quarryville & Oxford, PA, 1 mile south
of Kirkwood, turn west off 472 at Union
Church (Street Rd.) 1 mile to crossroad
turn left, 2nd farm on right. Hill Road.
Watch for sale signs.
Validated Brucellosis
Free Herd #169
Qualified Pseudorabies
Free Herd #55
50 to 60 Head
We will no longer have White Dia
monds, it will be the next generation or
F2’s crossbred to Chester White. Very
nice gilts.
Vaccinated for Lepto, Eryslplas,
Rhinitis, E’Coli, Pasteueralla
Hand mated with Breeding Dates
Local Truck Available
No Hogs Sold On Commission
JOHN B. STOLTZFUS
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa.
Abe Dlffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL
NEXT SALE FRI., JAN. 13, 1:00 P.M.