Holiday Notice
	Merry Christmas from the crew at Alton Grain Terminal! Office and dump pits will close on Wednesday Dec 24th at 3 pm. Closed on Dec 25th and 26th.

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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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	@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS - MGE   High Low Last Chg Mar 5.8225 5.7825 5.7925 -0.0100 May 5.9225 5.8900 5.9000 -0.0075 Jul 6.0425 6.0325 6.0325 -0.0050 Sep 6.1975 6.1800 6.1800 -0.0050 Dec 6.3900 -0.0050 Mar 6.5000 6.5000 6.5000 -0.0050   @C - CORN - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 453'0 448'6 449'4 -1'0 May 461'0 457'2 458'0 -0'6 Jul 466'2 463'2 463'4 -0'2 Sep 458'4 456'4 457'4 1'0 Dec 468'4 467'2 467'4 0'6 Mar 481'2 480'0 480'4 0'4 May 488'0 487'0 487'4 0'4 Jul 491'4 490'4 491'2 0'6 Sep 472'0 471'6 472'0 0'6   @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jan 1069'2 1057'0 1057'6 -4'4 Mar 1082'4 1070'6 1071'6 -4'0 May 1093'2 1082'4 1082'6 -3'2 Jul 1104'0 1093'4 1094'0 -3'0 Aug 1100'4 1090'2 1091'6 -2'6 Sep 1083'6 1075'2 1077'0 -2'4 Nov 1088'6 1079'0 1081'2 -1'6 Jan 1097'6 1089'2 1091'4 -1'6 Mar 1098'0 1089'0 1091'2 -2'0   @W - WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 524'4 517'0 520'2 -2'6 May 535'0 528'6 532'0 -1'4 Jul 546'6 540'4 544'0 -1'2 Sep 560'0 554'4 557'6 -1'2 Dec 577'0 572'4 575'4 -1'0 Mar 592'4 589'0 590'6 -1'0 May 599'4 599'4 599'4 -0'6 Jul 598'6 598'6 598'6 -0'6 Sep 599'6 -0'6   @KW - KC HRW WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Mar 536'0 531'6 534'0 -0'4 May 548'2 544'4 547'0 0'0 Jul 560'6 557'2 559'4 0'4   @AC - @ACF0 - UNKNOWN   High Low Last Chg Jan

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	HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 26) 5.7925 -0.0100 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (May 26) 5.9000 -0.0075 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Jul 26) 6.0325 -0.0050 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Sep 26) 6.1800 -0.0050 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Dec 26) 6.3900 -0.0050 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS (Mar 27) 6.5000 -0.0050 CORN (Mar 26) 449'4 -1'0 CORN (May 26) 458'0 -0'6 CORN (Jul 26) 463'4 -0'2 CORN (Sep 26) 457'4 1'0 CORN (Dec 26) 467'4 0'6 CORN (Mar 27) 480'4 0'4 CORN (May 27) 487'4 0'4 CORN (Jul 27) 491'2 0'6 CORN (Sep 27) 472'0 0'6 SOYBEANS (Jan 26) 1057'6 -4'4 SOYBEANS (Mar 26) 1071'6 -4'0 SOYBEANS (May 26) 1082'6 -3'2 SOYBEANS (Jul 26) 1094'0 -3'0 SOYBEANS (Aug 26) 1091'6 -2'6 SOYBEANS (Sep 26) 1077'0 -2'4 SOYBEANS (Nov 26) 1081'2 -1'6 SOYBEANS (Jan 27) 1091'4 -1'6 SOYBEANS (Mar 27) 1091'2 -2'0 WHEAT (Mar 26) 520'2 -2'6 WHEAT (May 26) 532'0 -1'4 WHEAT (Jul 26) 544'0 -1'2 WHEAT (Sep 26) 557'6 -1'2 WHEAT (Dec 26) 575'4 -1'0 WHEAT (Mar 27) 590'6 -1'0 WHEAT (May 27) 599'4 -0'6 WHEAT (Jul 27) 598'6 -0'6 WHEAT (Sep 27) 599'6 -0'6 KC HRW WHEAT (Mar 26) 534'0 -0'4 KC HRW WHEAT (May 26) 547'0 0'0 KC HRW WHEAT (Jul 26) 559'4 0'4

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	Hillsboro, ND Chg Zip Code:  Temp: 26oF Feels Like: 18oF Humid: 95% Dew Pt: 24oF Barom: 29 Wind Dir: SSE Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph Sunrise: 8:14 Sunset: 4:43 As reported at South Farm, ND at 4:00 AM
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