Holiday Notice
	Happy New Year from the crew at Alton Grain Terminal! Office and dump pits will closing at 3 pm on Wednesday Dec 31st. Dump pits will be closed on Jan 1st and 2nd. Office will be open 8 am to 1 pm on Jan 2nd.

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	Alton Dump Schedule and Pricing Programs Receiving corn, wheat and soybeans Regular hours - 8:00 am to in line by 4:30 pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday. Receiving wet or dry corn, dry soybeans and dry wheat. All grains are basis fix or cash price only. Protein scale +5/-5 each 1/5th from 14 pro. Effective 11/21/25 AGT will not accept grains containing GMO events not approved for US export markets.

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	Quotes
	@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS - MGE   High Low Last Chg Mar 5.8025 5.7675 5.8025 0.0100 May 5.9050 5.8725 5.9050 0.0100 Jul 6.0350 6.0050 6.0350 0.0100 Sep 6.2025 6.1675 6.2000 0.0175 Dec 6.4000 6.3525 6.3900 0.0200 Mar 6.4625 6.4400 6.4400 -0.0550   @C - CORN - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 451'0 442'4 443'2 -6'6 May 459'0 451'0 452'0 -6'2 Jul 464'6 457'4 458'2 -6'0 Sep 458'0 452'0 452'2 -6'0 Dec 468'2 463'0 463'2 -5'2 Mar 481'2 476'0 476'6 -4'4 May 488'0 483'0 483'6 -4'2 Jul 491'2 486'2 487'0 -4'4 Sep 471'6 468'0 468'0 -4'0   @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jan 1063'4 1049'0 1049'6 -9'0 Mar 1077'4 1063'0 1063'4 -9'0 May 1089'0 1075'6 1076'2 -8'0 Jul 1100'0 1088'0 1088'4 -7'0 Aug 1097'0 1085'6 1086'2 -6'2 Sep 1082'4 1072'0 1072'2 -5'4 Nov 1086'6 1076'2 1076'6 -5'4 Jan 1095'4 1086'4 1086'6 -5'4 Mar 1095'2 1086'2 1086'4 -5'2   @W - WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 521'0 512'0 515'0 -4'0 May 532'6 523'6 526'6 -4'0 Jul 544'0 536'0 539'2 -3'2 Sep 557'0 550'0 553'2 -3'0 Dec 575'4 568'4 572'2 -2'2 Mar 590'2 585'0 587'4 -2'6 May 594'0 594'0 594'0 -5'0 Jul 598'6 0'0 Sep 599'6 0'0   @KW - KC HRW WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 534'0 523'6 529'0 -4'4 May 546'4 537'0 541'4 -4'4 Jul 559'2 550'0 555'0 -4'0   @AC - @ACF0 - UNKNOWN   High Low Last Chg Jan

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	HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 26) 5.8025 0.0100 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (May 26) 5.9050 0.0100 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Jul 26) 6.0350 0.0100 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Sep 26) 6.2000 0.0175 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Dec 26) 6.3900 0.0200 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 27) 6.4400 -0.0550 CORN (Mar 26) 443'2 -6'6 CORN (May 26) 452'0 -6'2 CORN (Jul 26) 458'2 -6'0 CORN (Sep 26) 452'2 -6'0 CORN (Dec 26) 463'2 -5'2 CORN (Mar 27) 476'6 -4'4 CORN (May 27) 483'6 -4'2 CORN (Jul 27) 487'0 -4'4 CORN (Sep 27) 468'0 -4'0 SOYBEANS (Jan 26) 1049'6 -9'0 SOYBEANS (Mar 26) 1063'4 -9'0 SOYBEANS (May 26) 1076'2 -8'0 SOYBEANS (Jul 26) 1088'4 -7'0 SOYBEANS (Aug 26) 1086'2 -6'2 SOYBEANS (Sep 26) 1072'2 -5'4 SOYBEANS (Nov 26) 1076'6 -5'4 SOYBEANS (Jan 27) 1086'6 -5'4 SOYBEANS (Mar 27) 1086'4 -5'2 WHEAT (Mar 26) 515'0 -4'0 WHEAT (May 26) 526'6 -4'0 WHEAT (Jul 26) 539'2 -3'2 WHEAT (Sep 26) 553'2 -3'0 WHEAT (Dec 26) 572'2 -2'2 WHEAT (Mar 27) 587'4 -2'6 WHEAT (May 27) 594'0 -5'0 WHEAT (Jul 27) 598'6 0'0 WHEAT (Sep 27) 599'6 0'0 KC HRW WHEAT (Mar 26) 529'0 -4'4 KC HRW WHEAT (May 26) 541'4 -4'4 KC HRW WHEAT (Jul 26) 555'0 -4'0

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	Hillsboro, ND Chg Zip Code:  Temp: -3oF Feels Like: -19oF Humid: 80% Dew Pt: -7oF Barom: 29.87 Wind Dir: NNW Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph Sunrise: 8:14 Sunset: 4:45 As reported at South Farm, ND at 11:00 AM
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