Al6-Lanca*ter Farming, Saturday, August 21, 1999
GRAIN, CATTLE, HOG.
& MILK BFP
FUTURES MARKETS
Markets Courtesy Of Chicago Board and Mercantile Exchange
(Closing bids: Thursday, August 19, 1999
Corn
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 19 August
Symbol:C
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Total
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Soybeans
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 19 August
Symbol:S
08/19/99 AUG 99
08/19/99 SEP 99
08/19/99 NOV 99
08/19/99 JAN 00
08/19/99 MAR 00
08/19/99 HAY 00
08/19/99 JUL 00
08/19/99 AUG 00
08/19/99 SEP 00
08/19/99 NOV 00
Total
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Soybean Meal
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 19 August
Symbol: SM
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Oats
Daily Prices As of
Symbol:o
Open High Low
08/19/99 SEP 99 1072 1080 1050
08/19/99 DEC 99 1144 1156 1132
08/19/99 MAR 00 1240 1240 1224
08/19/99 MAY 00 1290 1290 1270
Total
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BRATTLEBORO, VL Hol T
stein Association USA offers a
Keep-Up service to dairy produc
ers who are struggling to stay cur
rent with their registrations.
Programs such as Tag ID and
EASY make identifying animals
easier than ever and an active and
professional field staff can help
you Keep-Up.
The key component of the Hol
stein Association’s Keep-Up pro-
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gram is the well-trained staff of
field representatives. For a small
fee these individuals are available
to help you maintain your identifi
cation program. Whether it be tag
ging calves or filling our registra
tion applications, the Holstein As
sociation field staff is available to
hety you.
tag ID offers customers of the
Holstein Association an easier
way to register their animals. With
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Registration Keep-Up Service
Lean Hogs
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 19 August
Date
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Live Cattle
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 19 August
Date
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Composite Volume
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BFP Milk
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 19 August
Date
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lags producers no longer have to
sketch or photograph the calves.
Tags also give producers an op
tion on what type of identification
they want on their animals. Tags
can be used alone, with one in
each year, or they can be paired
with tattoos or freezebrands.
The Holstein Association also
offers custom tags that can be im
printed with information such as
dam ID, sire ID, or calf birth date.
Open High
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Tag ID paired with the EASY
computer software program can
eliminate all of the paper work as
sociated with registering animals.
With EASY you can enter the in
formation onto the program
manually or transfer it from your
computerized herd management
program.
EASY interfaces with Dairy
Comp 305, PC Dart and DHI Plus.
Once the information is complete
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you can send your file electroni
cally over the Internet or on disk.
If you are interested in enrolling
in Tag ID, obtaining a copy of
EASY or getting help maintaining
your registration call your region
al representative or the Holstein
Association Customer Service
Department at 800-952-S2OO.
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