Grain and livestock futures slip amid broad commodity decline
Chicago futures ease as soybeans lead losses with 8 to 10 cent drop in January contracts. Wheat corn and oats fall, gold futures hold steady. Milwaukee cattle and hog markets end mixed with calves and lambs steady to higher and lower hogs. Estimated Tuesday receipts logged.
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Pollution damages soybean plants near Minneapolis
University of Minnesota plant pathologist Sagar Krupa reports soybean and other broadleaf plants showed injuries from air pollution violating EPA standards. Surveys last spring and summer found leaf dots mainly north and northwest of Minneapolis and St. Paul, with secondary ozone limits exceeded 600 times in 1973.
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Midwest egg price report and market unsettled
Chicago AP notes wholesale buying prices Monday with large class at 65 to 65 and mediums at 63 to 63 and smalls at 54. Nest-run breaking stock 49 and checks 40. Wisconsin market unsettled with plentiful supplies and good demand. Grade A large 76 to 80, mediums 75 to 78.
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Wisconsin Cheddar Market Sees Weak Supplies and Varied Prices
Madison Wisconsin traders report weak supplies barely adequate to adequate for cheddar cheese with spotty demand. Barrel styles fetch 95 to 96 cents, 40 pound blocks 100 to 144, single daisies 1042 to 107, longhorns 105 to 72, midgets 10534 to 10744 per hundredweight.
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US potato market prices for shipping points report
Chicago report from USDA lists 100 lb sacks for major markets. North Dakota round reds 5.00 to 5.25 dollars per sack. Colorado russets 6.25 to 6.50 dollars. Colorado red McClurgs 5.50 to 5.75 dollars.
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Cattle and hog market results at St Paul livestock yard
Livestock sales in St Paul show mixed results as cattle and hogs trade varyingly. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady with Monday’s close, hogs lower, sows firm to higher, and lambs higher with several price bands across weights and grades. Major batched prices include steer 1000-1150 lb at 42.50, hogs 1 80 lb feeders around 48.00, and lambs near 48-49.50 for prime and choice weights.
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