Ai6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May i, 1999
GRAIN, CATTLE, HOG,
& MILK BFP
FUTURES MARKETS
Markets Courtesy Of Chicago Board and Mercantile Exchange
or oa/jf/M
« OMT MOVZJiq AVnfcOß
1& My MOVING kVXBAQX
mm m. imM.imny--.... .......m.mmm
7 i« ai at s ta it at a t it as ao i 14 at at 4 it it as t t it aa t t it aa at t ta it at a
iip-tt oct aov sac jm-98 w m
Open High Low
04/29/99 34600 i 4530 34410
Symbol
LBK9 -
Moving Average
09 18 40
14023 33109 33143
-stocheatlc
09 14 20
80 06 83 07 83 07
83 46 83 43 83 44
82 21 78 01 78 01
-Relative Strength
09 14 20
66 Ob 63 18 60 85
BFP Milk Futures:
Settlement Prices as of 04/29/99 07:00 PM
MTH/
STRIKE OPEN
11.62
11.21
10.98
APR 99
MAY 99
JUN 99
JLY99
AUG 9 9
SEP99
OCT 99
NOV 9 9
DEC 9 9
JANOO
FEBOO
TOTAL
TOTAL
12.25
12.62
12.75
12 . 64
12.19
Keystone 21 Awards Grants To Food System Projects
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) - Keystone 21, a partner
ship between Cheyney
University of Pennsylvania,
Penn State’s College of
Agricultural Sciences and for
mer Commonwealth
Educational System, and the
Rodale Institute, has funded
three projects designed to
enhance understanding about
the food system.
The projects were awarded
Keystone Grants, which can
total up to $30,000 per year to a
maximum of $50,000 for two
years. The projects are:
• “The Environmental
Quality Initiative,” a collabora
tion between Penn State’s
College of Agricultural Sciences
and College of Communications,
the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation, Rodale Institute,
Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture, and
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
The goal of this project is to
promote practical, effective envi
ronmental stewardship prac-
(Closing bids: Thursday, April 29, 1999
LUMBER - CHE
MAY 1999
Of QS/X4/9*
r Laat chge
3 4 +l7o
-Momentum
09 18
+2540 +1770
-Directional Indlcator
09 14 ?0
34 5 1 *>2 O' 1 16 93
14 44 17 10 18 80
b 31 42 33 24
-Historic Volatility
-09 14 20
20 52 i 21 35% 20 75%
DAILY
HIGH
LOW
11.62 11.54
11.21 11.18
10.998 10.95
12.25 12.25
12.638 12.62
12.75 12.75
12.64 12.64
12.19 12.19
tices on dairy farms while main
taining profitability for farming
communities. Participating
agencies and organizations will
provide an economic incentive
program for farmers who imple
ment management practices
that help to reduce or eliminate
agricultural pollution.
Through a special label on
dairy product packages indicat
ing that a portion of the pur
chase price will be deposited
into a stewardship fund, the
Environmental Quality
Initiative will link environmen
tally minded consumers with
dairy farmers who share their
concerns. The fund will provide
farmers with premiums for
using environmentally sound
practices and funding to help
make management changes that
enhance natural resources.
• “Mifflin County Youth
Gardening Project: We’ve Got a
Good Thing Growing,” a contin
uation of an established collabo
ration between Penn State
Cooperative Extension, Mifflin
County Probation and Parole,
to exio = ia aa
VAZ.VB > (100
40
+ 690
SETT
LAST
11.54
11.19
10.99
11.40
12.25
12.63
12.85
12.75
12.64
12.19
12.01
11.54
11.198
10.998
12.25
12.638
12.75
12.64
12.19
1/1000
AS FT
380
360
340
320
300
280
Symbol Op«n High
LHM9 - 04/29/99 5890 5925
260
vec. » o
l DODD
EST
VOL SETT
PT
CHGE
11.60 14
11.21 9
10.98 13
11.40 14
12.21 10
12.62 13
12.85 6
12.73 6
12.63 10
12.19 1
12.01 3
VOL OPEN INT
-6 44
-2 14
+ 1 8
UNCH
+ 4 5
+ 1 2
UNCH
+2 1
+ 1 4
UNCH 1
UNCH
EST.VOL
79
and the Juniata-Mifflin
Vocational Technical School.
This program allows youth
probation and parole clients to
satisfy community service
requirements through 4-H gar
dening and plant science activi
ties. Participants work with
youth 4-H members and adult
volunteers to design, maintain
and harvest a garden.
The food raised in the project
is donated to shelters and other
nonprofit organizations with a
demand for fresh produce.
Flowers and decorative plants
raised are donated for beautifi
cation projects at area nursing
homes. By working with others
to benefit those in need, partici
pating at risk youth gain a
sense of pride, as well as prob
lem-solving, leadership and
interpersonal skills.
• “Celebrating 250 Years of
Agricultural Growth,” a collabo
ration among the Agricultural
and Industrial Museum of York
County, Penn State York, Penn
State Cooperative Extension,
Bradley Lifting, Hoke’s Mill,
QPi <l4/29/19
« day Movma avbbaos
l» DAY NDV’INC AvlfdAOK
7 14 11 19 5 11 19 16 1 9 16 11 10 7 14 11 IB 4 11 IB If 1 B 15 11 1 B 15 11 l!
IV-tl OCT MOV OBC JAM-99 V» WAM
-Moving Avertge
09 18 40
5707 5579 5497
-Stochastic
09 14 20 Day 09 14 20
84 72 88 76 90 35 ADX 33 11 19 91 13 67
89 77 91 68 92 10 -DI 10 01 13 82 16 13
86 97 88 83 87 91 +DI 39 12 35 61 32 71
-Ralativa Strangtb
09 14 20
67 73 63 86 61 01
or o*f2»/99
9 DAT MOVINQ AVXMOB
It PAV MOVING *VS3A3X
1 14 21 12 C 11 12
W4I OCT
,mim., l .m ll imm l |M«l. l .l I M 11 1! 1 1 1 1. Wl ■„ I iMI I !.,Mm M.Mll, hi, | ,1, MI 1 I| Ml 1 1 liMiUiWiUiM W W UMIiU ,i j,U,I IUU, lit I. .1,
16 1 9 16 13 10 3 14 1119 4 tl L» IS t I IS 12 1 B 15 11 19 5 11 19 16 1
mov me jim-99 m mui vi
PRIOR DAY --
VOL INT
4906
Farm and Natural Land Trust,
D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Company
and the Eastern York, York City
and Northern York County
school districts.
Designed to develop interdis
ciplinary food systems-oriented
curricula and career awareness
programs for students in York
County, the program will focus
on changes that have occurred
over time to York County’s agri
cultural heritage and its food
systems-related business con
cerns.
Students will attend a series
of age-appropriate, learner-cen
tered experiences at the
Agricultural and Industrial
Museum’s 1840’s-era grist mill,
in classrooms and elsewhere
around the community.
Collaborators hope to raise
LB Air HOGS - GMB
JUHB 1999
Bf Ofi/14/99
LAMt Chgo
5857 -48
LOW
5850
KOMDtU-
B-09 18
+390 +447
40
♦ 462
-Directional Indicator
Historic Volatility
-09 14 20
22 27% 25 27% 24 25%
LIVE CATTLE - CHE
JUNE 1999
n> 06/VS/99
Symbol
LCM 9
Open High
- 04/29/99 63b0 b 375
Moving Average
y 09 18 40
6320 6374 6419
Stochastic- —Directional Indicator-
Day 09 14 20 Day 09 14 20
Sto 23 33 11 40 11 29 ADX 35 12 27 93 20 91
*k 45 10 24 28 24 05 -DI 30 36 28 84 ->7 55
%d 40 74 25 23 24 91 +DI 13 28 x 3 63 14 24
-Relative Strength
09 14 20
39 73 41 66 43 06
MILK
Where's your mustache? “
mat«»« i «
VAZ.VC - 6XW
S 11 Li 16 1
tfl
XACZ CRIB 8 1 00
VALUE a t«aa
Low
6270
Last Ch(
6275
-Momantua
-247
—Historic Volatility
-09 14
13 76 f 12 GO? lb 43 a
awareness of food system issues,
educational needs and career
opportunities among urban and
rural youth across the county,
and to demonstrate the impor
tance of the food system in the
county’s social, cultural and eco
nomic development.
Keystone 21 is seeking pro
posals for the next round of
Keystone Grants. The applica
tion deadline is Feb. 15.
For more information, con
tact Elsie Gurgevich, Keystone
21 project coordinator, at (814)
865-0114 or send e-mail to PAF
SPE @ pus.edu. World Wide Web
users can learn more from the
project’s Internet site at
http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CA
SPROF / keystone 21 / key
stone2lhm.html
f/t*
62.5
60.0
57.5
55.0
52. 5
50.0
<7.5
«a • o
IftODDD
90DD0
vca. t o
20DDDD
IDDDDO
40
-285