Al2-Lanctster Faming, Saturday, March 7, 1998 E TmA R KETS « * % <,w Phila. Vegetable PHILADELPHIA Terminal Price* a* of 04-MAR-M Provided by: Fruit and Vegetable Mark et News, Federal-State Market News Service, USDA. Phone: (215) 597-4536 Fax: (215) 336-0355 CLOUDY 35-43 NA-FVO2O VEGETABLES —ARTICHOKES: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns CA 24s 14.00-15.00 few higher 30s 14.00-15.00 few higher 36s 14.00-15.00 few higher ASPARAGUS: MARKET LOWER pyr ctns/crts 28 lb bchd CA Ige 38.00-41.00 mostly 40.00 std 38.00-41.00 mostly 40.00 MX Ige 38.00-41.00 std 38.00-41.00 11 lb ctns/crts bchd CA Ige few 20.00 std few 20. OOGUstd 17.00 IS lb ctns bchd MX tips 20.00 -BEANS: MARKET LOWER buctns/crts FL Round Green Type 24.00- mostly 25.00 fair cond 20.00 30 lb cits MX Round Green Type 25.00 BEETS; MARKET STEADY ctns bchd TX 12s 9.00 25 lb sks Ise TX 7.00-8.00 BROCCOLI: MARKET CROWN CUT HIGHER. OTHERS ABOUT STEADY ctns AZ bchd 14s 13.00-13.50 previous commitments 12.50 CA bchd 14s 12.00- mostly 12.00 few 11.00 bchd 18s 12.00 Crown Cut 16.00 few 18.00 TX bchd 14s few 13.00 occ 14.00 BRUSSELS SPROUTS: TOO FEW SALES TO QUOTE —CABBAGE: MARKET ABOUT STEADY I 3/4 bucrts Sc SO lb ctns CD Round Green Type med 8.50 fair cond 6.00 FL Round Green Type med 9.00-10.00 sml-med BJO Red Type Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. Marshall, Virginia (540) 364-1566 Graded Feeder Cattle Sales Tuesday March 10 .... 7:00 PM .. . Calf & Yearling Tuesday March 24 . . . 10:00 AM .. . Calf & Yearling Thursday.... April 2. . . . 7:00 PM .... Calf & Yearling Tuesday. . . . April 14 7:00 PM .... Calf & Yearling Tuesday April 28 10:00 AM . . . Calf & Yearling Tuesday May 12 7:00 PM .... Calf & Yearling REGULAR SALES EVERY TUESDAY 1:30 PM "Quality Feeder Cattle Our Specialty” ORDER BUYING AVAILABLE Contact Grey H. Puckett, Jr., Manager - (540) 364-1566 Pennsylvania Agricultural Commodities Marketing Association, Inc. FORWARD INGREDIENTS Corn Soybean Meal Soybeans Distillers Grains Wheat , //f' > ’ Hominy Soybean Meal i/ r ' Y Cottonseed Cottonseed /* - '-V ''’i 1 r ~ ?/ Hogs - \f. Cattle / ;/ V' RISK MANAGEMENT CASH GRAIN : J Hedging Services Feed Grains / Market Consultation Wheat *' 3 V ■<; If Min./Max. Contracts Oilseeds . s. Specialized Contracts A privately held full service commodity merchandising firm. 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