Duane Disque or Brian Peiler                              Jon Sperl or Bryce Olson

             1-800-452-7396 or 541-989-8221                           1-800-422-7611 or 541-276-7611

              or Dan Steiner 481-6614 (office), 571-3798 (cell)  graingrowers@centurytel.net

                                                            GOOD MORNING!!!          

            Below are the best indicated market bids as of:   9:00  on      3/ 30/ 10

***NOTE:  Corn values vary depending on delivery location PLEASE call for updates.

Grain futures are up slightly in light trade today, with wheats up 4-5 and corn up 1-2. Traders seem content to play the cards they?re holding, and see what tomorrow brings. Final AVERAGE trade guess is 88.9 myn acres of corn, and 53.3 myn acres of winter wheat, 13.55 myn acres of Spring wheat.  Grain stocks are estimated to be: 1.36 byn bu of wheat and 7.5 byn bu of corn. No market shaking news this morning. It is interesting to see that the exporters bids have ?tightened? up somewhat. A week or so ago, we might see .20 difference between exporters, in different delivery slots. That USUALLY means a pretty thin market. Today, the exporters seem to be tightly grouped together, giving at least the impression that the market has a little depth here.

Weather man calls for heavy rain again in TX, East Okie, E Neb, Missouri, Iowa into Minnesota. Crop scores showed Kansas wheat 70% G- Ex?overall SRW crop is rated 48% G-Ex. We did manage a couple nice corn sales last night, 4.3 myn bu to South Korea and 4.4 myn bu to Egypt (which doesn?t happen too often).

USDA says that the west could have its highest grasshopper infestation since 1985. Wyoming has a budget of $2.7 myn bu for suppression. If they see 1985 type levels will need $40 myn. A cold damp spring would be helpful for control, a warm dry spring could be a disaster.

There will be no markets Friday for observance of ?Good Friday?.

***Didja Know: Jupiter is the largest planet, but has the shortest days?.The circumference is 280,000 miles, but it spins so fast that 1 ?day? only takes 9 hours and 55 minutes. ?There are only 2 ways to live your life, One as though nothing were a miracle, and the other as though everything were a miracle??.Albert Einstein