FUTURES MARKETS (Continued from page Al 6) increasing to $1.1750 The improvement in cheese prices by Friday should provide confidence that the market went too far, and corrected itself with higher prices by weeks end. USDA reports that milk production is declining rapidly m the Southwest and Southeast due • • "Use Our Experience, From Design to Completion" ill* It 450 Cow Freestall Barn & Milking Center with Holding Pen and Special Needs Area. 122' x 516' 560-Cow Frcestall Bam with 14' high sidewalls and 52' x 276' Milking Center Custom Builders of Dairy, Horse, Storage, Residential & Commercial Buildings to hot and humid conditions. Supplemental supplies of fluid milk are already moving into the Southeast In addition, milk production levels are being reduced in the Southwest due to extremely high temperatures. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Class 111 futures I Thinking About Building Or L Expanding A Dairy Facility? We at Triple H Construction believe our experience with agricultural projects insures our fulfillment of your needs. In an agricultural application, we are the one company you can absolutely trust to handle every step of construction. TRIPLE H Construction 430 Springville Road, Ephrata, PA 17522 717-738-2142 settlement prices as of August 4 indicate the market is expecting farm prices to improve. They are August: $10.30; September: $10.60; October $ll.lO, November: $11.08; and December: $11.05. The market expectation for higher prices in September and October ($12.47 per cwt) has been eroded due to higher cow numbers and falling grain prices. -,:4' $ *■ /’v S;,-; - - * ‘ i 1-(800J-874-7531 USDA announced class prices under the federal order system for July 2000 They are Class II; $l2 58 per cwt. down $0.50 from June, Class 111 $10.66 per cwt, up $1 20 from June, and Class IV $ll 87 per cwt, down $O5l. The product price averages used in computing these prices are butter $1.1547 Give Us A Call! We would be pleased to show some of our completed facilities T il • •i, ,■ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 12, 2000-j Frey Dairy Farms, Inc., Conestoga, PA 1-(800)-TRIPLE-1 nonfat pound, per $lOlO2 per pound, ch $1 2189 per pound, and dry w $0.1909 per pound For more information on markets. http //www aers psu edu/dairyi ook/ 112 7 x 196 7 Freestall Barn w/14 7 High Side Walls, 234 Cow Capacity, Hospital Area, and Milking Center •A: dry m ie< my website
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