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Closing Markets For Wednesday, July 4

On the Chicago Board of Trade: *note that CME was closed due to the July 4th holiday and will reopen Thursday. The numbers below show the closing values from Tuesday, July 3rd.

Corn Futures: July up 5 and a half at 3.43 and a quarter September up 5 and a half at 3.52 and a half

Soybean Futures: July down 5 and a quarter at 8.43 and a quarter August down 5 and a quarter at 8.48 and a quarter

Wheat Futures: July up 10 and a half at 4.91 September up 10 and a half at 4.90 and a half

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From Agris Coop:

Old Crop Corn = 95 over September at 4.47/bu New Crop Corn = 80 over December at 4.44/bu

Old Crop Soys = 2.40 over August at 10.88/bu New Crop Soys = 2.30 over November at 10.94/bu

Old Crop Soft Red Winter Wheat = .95 over September at 5.86/bu New Crop Soft Red Winter Wheat = .95 over July 19 at 6.32/bu

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From Hensall Coop:

2017 Crop Corn = up 5 at 4.47/bu 2018 Crop Corn = up 5 and a quarter at 4.44/bu

2017 Crop Soybeans = down 5 and a half at 10.93/bu 2018 Crop Soybeans = down 5 and a quarter at 11.09/bu

2018 Soft Red Winter Wheat = up 10 and a half at 5.91/bu 2019 Soft Red Winter Wheat = up 7 and a half at 6.37/bu

2018 Soft White Winter Wheat = up 10 and a half at 6.01/bu 2019 Soft White Winter Wheat = up 7 and a half at 6.47/bu

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Beef Farmers Of Ontario

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Ontario Pork Reports:

The U.S. CME price = $82.45 U.S. per hundredweight, dressed weight. That's down $.12 cents from the previous day.

100% formula price = $196.21 per hundred kilograms, dressed weight. That's down $.49.

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