Sarnia

Sept. 1 Closing Markets

On the Chicago Board of Trade:

Corn Futures: September up 9 and a half at 3.11 December up 8 and a quarter at 3.23 and a half

Soybean Futures: September down 1 at 9.59 November up a half at 9.43 and a half

Wheat Futures: September up 7 and a quarter at 3.68 and a quarter December up 6 and a half at 3.94 and a half

===

From Wanstead Farmers Co-operative:

September Soybeans = 3.05 over November = 12.49/bu November Soybeans = 2.50 over November = 11.94/bu

September Corn = 1.20 over December = 4.44/bu November Corn = 85 over December =4.09/bu

2016 Soft White Winter Wheat = 10 over December = 4.05/bu 2017 Crop Soft White Winter Wheat = 45 over July 17 = 4.86/bu

2016 Soft Red Winter Wheat = 10 over December = 4.05/bu 2017 Crop Soft Red Winter Wheat = 40 over July 17 = 4.81/bu

===

From Snobelin Farms:

2015 Crop Corn = up 8 at 4.24/bu 2016 Crop Corn = up 8 at 4.14/bu

2015 Crop Soys = steady at 12.14/bu 2016 Crop Soys = unchanged at 11.94/bu

2016 Crop Soft Red Winter Wheat = up 6 at 4.05/bu 2017 Crop Soft Red Winter Wheat = up 7 at 4.81/bu

2016 Crop Soft White Winter Wheat = up 6 at 4.05/bu 2017 Crop Soft White Winter Wheat = up 7 at 4.91/bu

===

(B-F-O Report)

[audio mp3="http://blackburnnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BFO-SEP-1.mp3"][/audio]

===

Ontario Pork Reports:

The U-S CME price = $65.97 U-S per hundredweight, dressed weight. That's down 14 cents

100% formula price = $156.36 per hundred kilograms, dressed weight. That's up 24 cents

Read More Local Stories

File photo courtesy of  © Can Stock Photo Inc. / dehooks

Scoreboard, August 1

The Jays opened their home series against the Cardinals with a win off another Dylan Cease gem.

Grand Bend Beach June 25, 2020 Image courtesy of Grand Bend Pier Beach Cam.

Youth volunteers practice coastal conservation

Nine young volunteers aged 11 to 17 spent three days exploring and protecting the Lake Huron coastline during the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps' inaugural program in Grand Bend from July 21 to 23.