Al6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5,2002
Markets Courtesy of Chicago Board and Mercantile Exchange
Closing Bids: Wednesday, January 2,2002
Com
Month Opening (High
02Jan 199 1/21200 1/2 199 1/4| 199 1/2 [
02Mar 208 3/4 210 1/4,207 3/4|
02May 215 1/4 216 3/4 214 1/2! 215 1/2 1/4
023111 221 1/2 223 1/4 220 3/4{ 221 1/2 221 1/4
227
02Sep
02Dec 234 235 1/4 233 1/2 233 1/2 233 3/4
03Mar 242 1/2 243 1/4 241 1/2, 241 1/2 241 3/4
03May
[245 1/2 n
03Jul 249 1/4 249 1/4 248 3/4! 248 3/4
03Dec 249 249,248 3/4 248 3/4
04Jul
04Dec
Month OpeninglHigh 1
260
Soybeans
Month Opening High , Low r ||. Closing
02Jan 421 1/2 423 1/2 415 1/2 417 3/4 418 1/4 418
02Mar 423 424 1/2 415 3/4 417 3/4 418 1/2 1418 1/4!
02May 426 428 419 3/4 421 1/2 422 1/4 422|
02Jul 431 1/2 433 425 426 , 427 1426 1/2;
02Aug 433 1/2 433 1/2
,02Sep 432 432
02NOV
437
03Jan
03Mar i
456 456!
03Jul
03Nov
458
| Month [Opening [High
Soybean Meal
Month Opening [ttfgh }Low j
02 Jan 147.3 147.3 145.4
143.7 143.8 142.0
02Mar
02May
02Jul
142.3 142.4 140.3
143.0 143.7 141.0 141.8 141.7 141.81
143.5 144.0 141.1 141.7 ' 142.0 i!41.9|
143.7 144.2 142.0 142.4 , 1142.4 j
02Aug
02Sep
144.0 144.0 141.5 141.7 b|141.8 a 141.8
145.3 145.3 143.0 143.8 (143.5!
145.0 145.0 143.5 143.8 b 144.2 a 144.0 f
146.5 146.5 145.2 144.8 b 145.2 aj145.2{
02Oct
02Dec
03 Jan
03Mar
03May 147.0 147.0 147.0 146.0 b
Month Opening [High {Low | Closing ~: |settle|Net jCtig
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Pa. Dairy Quality Assurance
Program Implementer Train
ing, Lancaster County DHIA
Offices, Manheim, 3 p.m.-6
p.m., also Jan. 14.
Keystone Farm Show, York
Expo Center, York, thru Jan.
10.
Eastern Pa. Turf Conference
and Trade Show, Valley
Forge Convention Center,
(717) 238-4552.
Business Sense Dairy
Meadville, 3rd of 3.
Tilling the Soil of Opportunity,
Garden Spot High School,
New Holland, 6:30 p.m.-9:30
p.m. Also Jan. 15 and 22; Feb.
5, 12, 19, 26: March 5, 12, 19,
26; Wed., April 3. Also Adams
County Agricultural and Nat-
GRAIN, CATTLE. HOG.
& MILK BFP
FUTURES MARKETS
■ Low
“jr
228 226 1/2! 226 1/2 226 3/4
260 260
LOW
425
425
437428 1/21
4561
453 j 453 b| 456 a[454 1/2
4581
g|s|
146.6 146.7 146.7 -4
142.9
141.0
❖ Farm Calendar ❖
ural Resources Center, Get
tysburg, 9 a.m.-noon. Also
Jan. 15 and 22; Feb. 5, 12, 19,
26; March 5, 12, 19, 26; April
2. Also Lehigh County Agri
cultural Center, Allentown,
6:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays Jan.
thru April.
Ephrata Area Young Farmers
Estate and Financial Plan
ning Seminar, Cloister Res
taurant, Ephrata, 7 :30 p.m.
Ohio Grain Marketing Class,
Van Wert County ottice,
Tuesdays thru March 12,
10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., (419)
238-1214.
CFOs.
Lebanon County 4-H Tractor
Safety Club meeting, 7:30-
8:30 p.m., (717) 270-4391.
Beginners’ Grape Growing
Workshop, Howard County
Fairgrounds. 8:30 a.m.
-Closing
208 1/4 208 3/4
255 1/2 n
260
Closing
426 b|426 1/2 a 426 1/41
426 ; 426 {
430 i
1435 1/2 n'
441 nl
456 |
142.7 142.8,
141.2 ;141.1|
Settle
Net Chg
-2
*l/ 21
1208 1/2
-4;
215 1/2 Unch
221 1/2
-2
1226 3/4|
233 3/4J
-10
-10
241 3/4
-10
245 1/2 1
248 3/4,
248 3/4,
-12
255 1/2 {
2601
Unch
Settle jNetChg
Settle 'Net Chg
-30
-40
-42
-44
-56
-60
:-s>|
-50 i
430 {
435 1/21
-401
4411
456 1
+ 20
-4
Oats
a*2ol 3/4 204)197 1/4 203 3/4 | 204 203 3/4|
184 1/2 187 l/2[lBl 3/4,186 1/2 { |lB6 1/2|
1 165 1/2|167 3/41163 1/4|167 3/4 | 167^3/4f
[ ' [ j I 140b142a ' 14l[
MB| ” 146 j ‘ 146{144 l/2j 146 | 146[ +l2l
-10
-14
-14,
-16
-13
-14
-11
-20
-23
Unch 1
Pa. Auctioneers Association
Annual Convention, Harris
burg Marriott, thru Jan. 12.
National No-Till Conference, St.
Louis, Mo., thru Jan. 12.
Penn Ag Democrats Breakfast
Meeting, Holiday Inn Holi
dome Conference Center,
V able Gro>-
nnuai / egetable
Meeting, Bareville Fire Hall,
Leola, 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m., (717)
656-9592.
Ohio Retirement Planning Sem
inar, OSU Marion Campus, 4-
part series. Also Jan. 17, 24,
and 31. (419) 947-1070.
Farmer-to-Farmer Workshop,
Sustainable Greenhouse
Design and Production, Balls
ton Spa near Saratoga Spr
ings, N.Y., thru Jan. 13, (518)
427-6537.
Ohio Farm Financial Manage
ment Workshop, OSU North
west District Office, Findlay,
Ohio, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,
(419)422-6106.
Dairy Risk Management Train
ing, Donohoe Center,
Greensburg,-9:30 ajn.-4-p.in
Lean Hogs
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Live Cattle
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01/02/02 Apr 02 7345 736072907330
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Pork Bellies
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01/02/02 Mar 02 8120 812079507992
01/02/02 May 02 8300 830081308170
01 /02/02 Jul 02 8245 8245 8225 8245
01/02/02 Aug 02 8400 8400 81508150
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Annual meeting, Old Country
Buffet, Harrisburg, 11 a.m.
3hio Eastern Ohio Forest Wild
life Conference, New Phila
delphia, Ohio, 8:30 a.m.-4
pm^(74o^32-238L^^
Spanish Course for Dairymen,
Lancaster and Gettysburg,
Penn State Extension, Jan.
14-April 8, every Monday,
(888) 472-0261, ext. 312.
James Patches Growers’ Meet
ing, Schaefferstown Fire Hall,
9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m., (717)
949-3860.
Penn State.
Eastern Regional Nursery,
Landscape Seminar, Dela
ware Valley College, Doyles
town, (610) 489-4315.
Vegetable Growers’ Association
Annual Meeting and Trade
Show, Atlantic City, thru Jan.
17,(856)985-4382.'
Tuesday Talk, Equine Medicai
Center, Leesburg, Va., bqume
Laser Surgery Therapy, 7
p.m.
Ohio Regional Agronomy
School, Ramada Inn, 8:30
a.m.-3 p.m., (330) 296-6432.
Also at Ohio Agricultural Re
search Center, Wooster, Ohio,
(330) 725-4911. Also Jan. 16
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erence,
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-95
-175
vTJi "'7 :
at Hillsboro, Ohio, (937) jvj
-19, and Preble County Fair
grounds, Eaton, Ohio, Jan. 18,
(937) 456-8174. Jan. 16 at
Hillsboro, Ohio, (937)393-
1918.
Crop Insurance Workshops,
Friendly Farm Restaurant,
Upperco, Maryland, 9 a.m.-2
p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 23
Howard Johnson Restaurant,
Millington, Maryland, 9 a.m.-
2 p.m. (410) 996-5280.
Wine Business and Marketing
Short Course, Nittany Lion
Inn. State College. (888) 256-
Farm Computerizedaemmar,
Cumberland County exten
sion office, Carlisle, and Pa.
Dairy Farm Business, York
County Extension, also Jan.
18,23,25.
Pa. State Association of County
Fairs and Pa. State Show
men’s Association 90th
Annual Convention, Hershey
Lodge and Convention
Center, thru Jan. 19.
Mercer County Ag Day, Clarks
Mills Methodist Church.
Berks County Dairy Day, Ag
Center, (610) 378-1327.
Meeting on Farm Preservation,
West Earl Township Build
ing, Brownstown, 7 p.m.
Farm Computerized Accounting
FINPACK and Pa. Dairy
Farm Business Summary,
York County Extension
Office, also Jan. 18, 23, 25,
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