Arkansas Daily Grain

LR_GR111  
Little Rock, AR    Fri Jan 18, 2013    USDA- AR Coop Ext Service

*This report will not be released on Monday, January 21, 2013 as our offices 
will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. If you have 
any questions or concerns, please contact us at Heather.Riley@ams.usda.gov.*


                      Arkansas Daily Grain Report

   Prices quoted are today's closing cash or contract prices del. to these 
points. Prices are per bushel, except sorghum is per hundredweight (cwt). 

   Compared to last report: Cash soybeans were mostly 1 cent lower; New Crop 
soybeans were 7-10 cents higher; New Crop wheat was mostly 10 cents higher; Cash 
sorghum was 5-6 cents higher; cash corn was mostly 3 cents higher.


                          Country Elevator Prices

                    No 1        No 1        No 2        No 2       No 2
                    Yellow      Yellow      Soft Red    Yellow     Yellow
                    Soybeans    Soybeans    Wheat       Sorghum    Corn
                    Cash        New Crop    New Crop    Cash       Cash
Eastern Arkansas                                               
  Jonesboro         14.22       12.52        ----        ----       ----
  Wynne             14.34       12.52        7.65        ----       ----
  Wheatley          14.49       12.62        7.65        ----       ----
  Pendleton         14.61       12.75        7.75        ----       ----

River Elevator Prices
Mississippi River     
  Blytheville          NA       12.99        7.87       11.47       7.45
  West Memphis      14.89       13.02        7.95        ----       7.38 
  Helena               NA       13.02        7.87       11.56       7.48
  Old Town/Elaine   14.99       13.02        7.90       12.10       7.43
  Osceola              NA       12.99        7.87       11.47       7.41
 
Arkansas/White River
  Augusta              NA       12.61        7.61       11.21       7.34
  Pine Bluff           NA       12.80        7.79       11.29       7.37
  Des Arc           14.24       12.57        ----        ----       ----

Arkansas Processors
  Little Rock       14.59       12.84        7.73        ----       7.13
  Stuttgart         14.49       12.67        7.75        ----       ----

*NA - Not Available

Source:   USDA- AR Coop Ext Service, Little Rock, AR
          Steve Cheney 501-671-2200
          www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/LR_GR111.txt

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5. Activists at the door
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