BLACKBURN AGRI-MEDIA CLOSING MARKET REPORT:
Date: 07-28-10

On the Chicago Board of Trade:

Corn Futures:
September up 13 and a half at 3.76 and a quarter
December up 13 and a half at 3.90 and a half

Soybean Futures:
August up 12 and a half at 10.10 and a half
September up 12 at 9.85

Wheat Futures:
September up 20 and a half at 6.15 and a half
December up 20 at 6.47

Oat Futures:
September up 10 and a half at 2.57
December up 11 and a quarter at 2.69 and a quarter

-> FROM DAUPHIN FEED AND SUPPLY, THE 48% SOYBEAN MEAL QUOTE, F-O-B HAMILTON = $372/tonne

-> CLOSING LOCAL GRAIN PRICES FROM SNOBELIN FARMS:

Note there's a basis change for old soys and for 2010 and 2011 soft red winter wheat.

09 CROP CORN = up 13 at 3.46/BU
2010 CROP CORN = up 14 at 3.56/BU
2011 CROP CORN = up 11 at 3.94/BU

09 CROP SOYS = up 17 at 10.08/BU
2010 CROP SOYS = up 12 at 9.33/BU
2011 CROP SOYS = up 9 at 9.27/BU

2010 CROP SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT = up 16 at 5.11/BU
2011 CROP SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT = up 14 at 5.64/BU
2012 CROP SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT = up 10 at 5.70/BU

(O-C-A Report)

Ontario Pork Reports:

Total Sales = 17,515
for a 3 day total of = 56,515
That's up 1,315 from last week.
The average price was = $1.50/kilogram
That's up a cent
The U-S National cost price = $82.26 U-S, dressed weight.
That's up 93 cents
The forward contract price for November-December delivery is $140.41
which is up 47 cents
Estimated sales for Thursday = 26,000
at = $1.52/kilogram

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former Harriston woman found murdered near her home in Florida.
Mohommed Javed was on trial for second degree murder in the 2008 death of his 26 year old wife Susan Vicars.
News-press-dot-com of Fort Myers Florida says Vicars body was found by two men working in a bush near her home.
Investigators say she died of blunt force trauma to the head.
Javed was arrested on a bus as he was making his way to Canada.
The judge declared the mistrial after the prosecution line of questioning implied guilt.
A re-trail is tentatively set for September 13th.

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former Harriston woman found murdered near her home in Florida.
Mohommed Javed was on trial for second degree murder in the 2008 death of his 26 year old wife Susan Vicars.
News-press-dot-com of Fort Myers Florida says Vicars body was found by two men working in a bush near her home.
Investigators say she died of blunt force trauma to the head.
Javed was arrested on a bus as he was making his way to Canada.
The judge declared the mistrial after the prosecution line of questioning implied guilt.
A re-trail is tentatively set for September 13th.

Saugeen shores Police have laid charges of forgery, and theft against the former Port Elgin Pumpkinfest coordinator.
Saugeen Shores Chief of Police, Dan Rivet says Saugeen Shores Chamber of Commerce asked them to investigate.

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Police say over 67-thousand dollars went missing from the Saugeen Shores Chamber of Commerce through illegitimate cheques written over a two year period. Thirty-two year old Lisa Irwin of Kincardine Township has a court date on September 27th in Walkerton.

A young man from Erin Township has the dubious distinction of being named the Wellington OPP 'Speeder of the Week'.
An officer on patrol last evening on Wellington Road 124 spotted a 1998 Dodge pickup travelling at a high rate of speed. The pickup was clocked on radar at 157 kilometers per hour in a posted 80 kilometer zone.
The 22-year-old was charged with Race a Motor Vehicle. He's to appear in Guelph court in September.

The Huron County Health Unit is issuing a public warning about the dangers of something called ear candling.
Public health inspector Elizabeth Choi says the practice involves burning a wax-coated, cone-shaped ear candle into the ear of someone while they lay on their side.
Choi says the candle is supposed to draw impurities out of the ear. She says testing has shown that the practice has no beneficial affects whatsoever. But she says the patient does run the very real risk of either having their ear canal plugged with melted candle wax or even suffering burns to the ear canal from the hot wax that can drip into their ear.
The health unit says both Canada and the United States are banning the import of ear candles.

Perth OPP are anxiously looking for whoever broke into two trucks parked at a construction company in Listowel.
The trucks were broken into sometime between 6 o'clock Monday night and 6 o'clock Tuesday morning.
What has police worried is that among the items taken was a number of boxes of ammunition , including 12 gauge shot gun shells, 20 gauge 8 shot shells and a box of 300 Weatherby Magnum shells.
Provincial police are asking anyone who may have seen suspicious activity around businesses along Tremaine Avenue South to call them.
They warn the ammunition could seriously hurt a child if it's mishandled.

A fundraiser is being held for a Wroxeter man hurt in a motorcycle crash in Vietnam.
Ryan Gallaher spent more than a month in a Thai hospital before being flown to Canada and taken to London's Parkwood Hospital.
Friday night a fundraising dance is being held to raise money to cover Gallaher's medical expenses. Organizer Matt Rozendale says there will be a bus taking people from Wingham to the Howick Arena in Gorrie.
 It will pick up passengers at the Wingham Valumart at 8 p.m. Friday, then pick up more people at the Wroexter Ball Yard at 8:15 p.m from there it will take everyone to the Gorrie Arena.There will also be an entertainment system raffled off including a plasma TV and Blu-ray player. You can get tickets at the door or by calling Matt Rozendale at 519-357-3402.

4 local athletes are getting ready for the National Track and Field Championships in Toronto today.
Adam Kunkel of Paisley will compete in the 400 m hurdles, Ali Schimanski of Brussels in Women's 4 KG hammer throw Brad Millar of Port Elgin will go for gold in the 7.26 KG men's hammer throw and Wiarton's Rita Rudell will compete in the Women's Heptathalon.
Events start today and run until the 31st.
Meanwhile, 4 athletes from the Saugeen Track and Field Club have qualified for the Royal Canadian Legion National Youth Championships in Ottawa in two weeks.
From August 6-8th Kevin Bowman, Jordaine Leeder, Cheyenne Hunter, and Mat West will compete in the national youth showcase.
Kevin Bowman of Port Elgin will be competing in the Boy's Under 18 Shot Put, Discus, and Hammer Throw. In the Girls Under 18 division, Port Elgin's Jordaine Leeder will be sprinting in the 100m and Tiverton's Cheyenne Hunter will be running in both the 800m and 1500m.
Mat West of Mildmay has been named to the Ontario Royal Canadian Legion Team, which will also compete at the championships.

Today's Games

(All Times Eastern)

American League Baseball

Minnesota at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.
Boston at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m (On CKNX AM 920)
Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

National League Baseball

Chicago Cubs at Houston, 2:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.
Florida at San Francisco, 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Huron County Fastball

Goderich Grizzlies at Brussels Tigers

Bluewater Fastball

Chepstow Aces at Port Elgin Blue devils, 8:30 p.m.

South Perth Men's Fastball

Shakespeare Falcons at KW Cubs, 8:30 p.m.
Tavistock Jrs. at Mitchell Mets, 8:30 p.m.

MLS

All-star Game

Manchester United vs. MLS All-stars, 8:30 p.m.

If you're growing Bt corn the push is on to make sure you're planting the proper non-Bt corn refuge area.
The recommended refuge area is 20 per cent.
Recent surveys suggest the number of farmers planting that amount has dropped from 80 per cent to just a little over 60 per cent.
CropLife Canada's Janice Tranberg says that refuge area is important.

(Tranberg On Bt Corn Refuge)

CropLife Canada is running an assessment program to increase the number of farmers planting the required Bt refuge area.
It's a pilot program this year but Tranberg says if farmers are found not growing enough refuge area next year those farmers could start running into restrictions when they try to buy Bt corn seed.

Applications are now open for the Bruce County International Plowing Match Commodities Food Court Agricultural Scholarship.
The 1 thousand dollar scholarship is available to students in their high school graduating year who are residents of Bruce County.
The applicant could be continuing their education in a post secondary agriculture program or an apprenticeship in an agriculture-related field or otherwise substantially engaged in the business of farming.
The application consists of a resume including a description of the applicant's future plans and desire to remain involved in agriculture.
Applications should be sent to CKNX Radio in Wingham, attention the Bruce County IPM Commodities Food Court Agricultural Scholarship.
They can be submitted by mail, fax or email.
The email address is farm@cknxradio.com.
The deadline for applications for this scholarship is Sunday, August 1st.

The Bank of Montreal is giving some prairie farmers hurt by the flooding a break.
The bank's Financial Flood Relief Program allows farmers to applly for deferred principal payments and/or a waiver on new loan application or renewal fees.
BMO spokesman Robert Hayes says the bank wants to help it's farm customers affected by the flooding.
He says the wet conditions mean many acres will go unseeded - crops remain stressed - and those already sown are expected to be one or two weeks behind.
The program is available to Prairie farmers until the end of November of next year.

The U-S Department of Agriculture is reporting that country's soybean crop is above average in a lot of categories so far this spring.
Meteorologist Brad Rippey has some of the numbers.

(Rippey On U-S Soybeans)

Rippey says the bean crop is not so good in the fringe growing areas in southern and eastern parts of the U-S.
But he says overall the crop condition is 67 per cent good to excellent - right about where it was last year.

American League Baseball

Cleveland 4 N.Y. Yankees 1
Toronto 8 Baltimore 2
Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 2
Texas 3 Oakland 1 (10 innings)
Minnesota 11 Kansas City 2
Chicago White Sox 11 Seattle 0
Boston 4 L.A. Angels 2

National League

Philadelphia 9 Arizona 5
Washington 3 Atlanta 0
N.Y. Mets 8 St. Louis 2
Houston 6 Chicago Cubs 1
Cincinnati 12 Milwaukee 4
Pittsburgh 4 Colorado 2
L.A. Dodgers 2 San Diego 0
San Francisco 6 Florida 4

CONCACAF Champions League Soccer

Toronto 1 Motagua 0

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