Hartsburg Grain Co

Tuesday March 9, 2010 | 10:11 PM

3/09 5:42 PM

Ethanol prices have moved from a strong premium to RBOB futures to a sharp discount. Strong demand in gasoline markets and sluggish ethanol markets are changing the pricing dynamics between the two.

DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends

3/09 5:40 PM

Prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher and three were lower during the first week of March, compared to a month earlier. However, price movements for all fertilizers continue to be relatively small.

Get More Coverage for the Money

3/09 5:38 PM

Discounts for this year's crop insurance premiums help boost your comfort zone without breaking the bank, DTN finds in this second of a series on your 2010 crop insurance decisions.

Trapped in Grain

3/08 6:21 PM

While most on-farm deaths, such as tractor overturns and power-take-off shaft incidences, are decreasing, the number of children and adults being engulfed in grain is rising every year, reports Bill Field, Purdue University Extension safety specialist. In 2008 there were 34 grain entrapments nationwide compared to 33 in 2007. In five years, incidences increased 33 percent, according to Purdue University's National Grain Entrapment Database.

Local Conditions

Hartsburg, IL

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Temp:	50^oF	Feels Like:	46^oF
Humid:	85%	Dew Pt:	45^oF
Barom:	29.66	Wind Dir:	SE
Cond:	Cloudy	Wind Spd:	10 mph
Sunrise:	6:16	Sunset:	5:58
As reported at LINCOLN, IL at 9:00 PM


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Hartsburg, IL

Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
High: 66^oF Low: 47^oF	High: 62^oF Low: 51^oF	High: 52^oF Low: 44^oF	High: 47^oF Low: 41^oF	High: 47^oF Low: 36^oF

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Rainy Wednesday for Midwest

Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Wednesday will be rainy over most of the Midwest, with some freezing precipitation in the eastern Dakotas, and snow from western Nebraska north through the northwestern Plains. » More DTN Weather Commentary

Posted at 2:25PM Tue Mar 9, 2010 CST

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	Wednesday's USDA Crop Production and Supply and Demand reports are expected to be mildly bullish for corn and wheat with soybeans being the wildcard. See DTN Ag News. 4^USDA Report Preview... The tax bill would extend dozens of tax credits including the $1-per-gallon biodiesel credit. It also includes a $1.5 billion agriculture disaster aid package. See DTN Ag News. BTax-Credit Bill Clears Hurdle... Discounts for this year's crop insurance premiums help boost your comfort zone without breaking the bank, DTN finds in this second of a series on your 2010 crop insurance decisions. See DTN Ag News. :^Crop Insurance D-Day - 2... Prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher and three were lower during the first week of March, compared to a month earlier. However, price movements for all fertilizers continue to be relatively small. See DTN Ag News. BDTN Retail Fertilizer Trends... Ethanol prices have moved from a strong premium to RBOB futures to a sharp discount. Strong demand in gasoline markets and sluggish ethanol markets are changing the pricing dynamics between the two. See DTN Ag News. BFor Argument's Sake...

Quotes

C - CORN - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	361'6	358'4	358'6s	-5'6
May	372'0	368'4	369'0s	-6'0
Jul	383'0	379'4	380'0s	-6'0
Sep	390'0	388'0	388'6s	-6'2
Dec	399'2	396'4	397'0s	-6'0
Mar	409'2	407'0	407'6s	-6'0
May	425'6	414'4	414'4s	-5'6

S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	942'0	937'0	941'4s	1'0
May	948'0	935'4	947'4s	-0'4
Jul	956'0	944'2	956'0s	0'0

W - WHEAT - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	480'0	478'6	478'4s	-6'0
May	491'4	488'0	489'4s	-5'4

LC - LIVE CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Apr	94.600	94.200	94.400s	0.200
Jun	92.450	92.075	92.325s	0.050

LH - LEAN HOGS - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Apr	72.900	72.200	72.400s	- 0.400
May	78.100	77.700	77.925s	- 0.875
Jun	81.400	80.350	80.475s	- 0.975

Cash Bids

03/09/10	CORN	SOYBEANS
Mar	3.37 (-6)	9.17 (-2)
Apr	3.39 (-6)	9.16 (-1)
May	3.40 (-6)	9.16 (-1)
July	3.46 (-7)	9.28 (un)
Fall	3.49 (-6)	8.82 (-3)
Dec	3.59 (-6)	8.90 (+2)

11/11/09

Corn

Soybeans





Nov

3.65 (-1)

9.47 (+4)

Dec

3.67 (-1)

9.54 (+4)

Jan

3.71 (un)

9.57 (+4)

Feb

3.73 (un)

9.63 (+6)

Mar

3.75 (un)

9.63 (+9)

       CLOSED FOR WET CORN NOV. 11 @ 3PM
     Taking Wet Corn Until Full Daily
  Taking Dry Corn (under 16%) & Soybeans Until 5 PM