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C - CORN - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	643'2	639'4	642'2s	-2'0
May	649'4	646'4	648'4s	-2'6
Jul	653'4	652'2	652'4s	-3'6

S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	1234'4	1228'0	1232'0s	-1'0
May	1243'0	1238'0	1241'0s	-1'0
Jul	1252'0	1248'0	1250'6s	-1'0

SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	3272	3252	3254s	- 21
May	3280	3268	3270s	- 20
Jul	3295	3290	3294s	- 22

DK - MILK CLASS IV - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Feb	0.00	0.00	16.04s	0.00
Mar	0.00	0.00	15.84s	- 0.36
Apr	0.00	0.00	16.14s	- 0.26

DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Feb	0.00	0.00	16.08s	- 0.07
Mar	0.00	0.00	15.61s	- 0.27
Apr	0.00	0.00	15.75s	- 0.28

DB - DBF0 - UNKNOWN
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jan

LC - LIVE CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Feb	125.750	123.700	125.350s	1.600
Apr	128.800	127.200	128.575s	1.075


	2012 Missouri Dairy Profit Seminars

	Sponsored by Missouri Dairy Association, the Commercial Agriculture Program and University of Missouri Extension February 13-17, 2012

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	2012 Missouri Dairy Profit Seminar Sponsors
	Gold Level Sponsors: Alltech Turner’s Special Supply Vigortone Silver Level Sponsors: Commodity Specialists FCS Financial Missouri Beef Council Missouri Corn Growers Association NEMO Feed Select Sires MidAmerica Exhibitors: Arentsen Farm Sales—(Union and Jackson) ABS—(Springfield and Mountain Grove) Accelerated Genetics—(Springfield, Mountain Grove and Union) AGRI-KING—(Sedalia and Union) Buchheit Agri-- (Jackson) Innovacyn—(Springfield) Jerden Dairy Company—(Mountain Grove) Midwest Dairy Association—(Sedalia, Springfield, Mountain Grove, Union) MASBDA—All locations Missouri State Treasurer’s Office—(Sedalia, Mountain Grove and Union) Multimin USA, Inc.—All locations New York Life—(Union) Oil Dri, Inc.—All locations Romer Labs—(Union) Thicker Pasture—(Springfield, Mountain Grove) Vigortone—All locations Z Tags North America—All locations


	People vs. HSUS - A Missouri Solution
	The Missouri Farmers Care coalition released a new video earlier this month explaining the passage of Proposition B in Missouri and how a "Missouri Solution" fixed troubling measures included in the initiative petition. The video tells the story of how HSUS came into Missouri to destroy an industry and how Missouri agriculture and state legislators stopped them in their tracks. To view the video, visit: http://mofarmerscare.com/mo_news.


	Who is HSUS?
	Who is HSUS? Check out this video. Visit www.MissouriFarmersCare.org or www.MOFarmersCare.com for more information.


	MDA seeks drought feed assistance

	CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (Sept. 6, 2011) -- The Missouri Dairy Association (MDA) is seeking feed assistance for drought stricken dairy farms in the state. “We’ve been hit harder in southwest Missouri than some people can ever remember,” says Larry Purdom, MDA president and a dairy farmer from Purdy. “Our crops and pastures are burned up. We are operating on real short feed and we are concerned about it now being September with no rainfall. No rain now impacts our growing small grain for pasture and hay for next spring. The feed situation is as bad as I’ve seen it in my 50 years of dairy farming.

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	MDA in DC
	Executive Director Dave Drennan and MDA President Larry Purdom visited with Missouri Congressman Billy Long about the drought in SW Missouri and the shortage of feed. Congressman Todd Akin (MO-2) met with MDA Executive Dave Drennan and President Larry Purdom to discuss dairy policy reform during a meeting of the St. Louis Ag Club in Washington DC.


	Purdom, Drennan visit Capitol Hill
	MDA Executive Director Dave Drennan and President Larry Purdom conducted congressional visits and attended a meeting of the St. Louis Ag Club in Washington DC on September 13.


	Missouri State Fair
	MDA Executive Director Dave Drennan (left) and past president Arlen Schwinke of Morrison discussed dairy policy with Missouri Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) in the Gerken Dairy Center at the Missouri State Fair.


	Sen. McCaskill at Missouri State Fair
	Lloyd and Jane Gunter of Conway discussed feed assistance and the drought in SW Missouri with Senator McCaskill during a meeting with Missouri's ag groups at the State Fair in Sedalia.


	Sen. Blunt at Missouri State Fair
	(L-R) MDA Directors Stacey McCallister of Mt. Grove, Larry Schmidt of Laredo, MDA Executive Director Dave Drennan and Arlen Schwinke of Morrison talked to Senator Blunt about supporting the proposed trade agreements that would help dairy exports.


	Prop B

	Missouri Senate Passes Bill to Improve Prop B The Missouri Senate has approved SB113, sponsored by Senator Mike Parson (District 28), by a 20-14 vote to improve the Prop B ballot initiative passed last November by 51.6% of the voters but soundly defeated by rural Missouri.

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	Fly Control

	Flies do have an economic impact for dairy producers. House flies and Stable flies are primary pests of confined animals followed by the horn fly for producers who pasture their animals. Horn flies are serious pests but the larvae cannot tolerate the manure being disturbed hence in confined operations they are not as serious a pest.

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	Dairy Prices

	Over the years some confusion surrounding the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Dairy Products Prices (DPP) program and the use of these data in the class price formulas. Why are NASS’s DPP reports used in the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) class price formulas? How are the NASS reports compiled? Is there a magic formula used to generate the NASS DPP reports? What prevents manufacturing plants from misreporting or manipulating the prices?

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	News Archive

	Past news and information from Missouri Dairy Association.

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	Welcome to the Missouri Dairy Association We hope you use this site to gain information on upcoming events and news related to the dairy industry in Missouri and surrounding areas.


	Missouri Dairy Forum Sponsors
	Thank You to the 2012 Missouri Dairy Forum Sponsors: Alltech—Speaker support Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives—Saturday luncheon Case-Luby Equipment Services & Potter Equipment Company—Program printing Central Life Sciences—Speaker support FCS Financial—Saturday morning break and Program Printing F&H Food Equipment Company—Friday afternoon break Hiland Dairy Foods Company—Friday luncheon Kraft Springfield—Friday morning break Merck Animal Health—Speaker support MFA, Inc.—Friday morning break Missouri Agribusiness Association—Friday luncheon Missouri Corn Growers Association—Signage Missouri Department of Conservation—Program printing Missouri Soybean Association—Saturday luncheon Mycogen Seeds—Program printing Novus International—Speaker support Purina—Friday luncheon S&L Sales LLC—Saturday morning break Southwest Dairy Farmers—Milk for morning breaks Turner’s Special Supply—Friday afternoon break Waikato Milking Systems—Friday morning break, Program printing Missouri Dairy Forum & Trade Show Exhibitors: ABS Global Bobcat of Springfield Case-Luby Equipment Services & Potter Equip Central Life Sciences Charm Sciences Commercial Agriculture Program FSA/NRCS Gallagher Hiland Dairy Foods Company IBA Innovacyn Jerden Dairy Company Jim’s Motors Inc. KABA/Select Sires MASBDA MAESTRO Program Merck Animal Health Missouri Beef Council Missouri Corn Growers Association Midwest Dairy Association Missouri Dairy Association Missouri Dairy Growth Council Missouri Department of Conservation Missouri Holstein Association MQT Lab Services Pfizer PowerFlex Fence Southwest Dairy Farmers Soy Best S&H Farm Supply S&L Sales LLC Thicker Pasture USDA/Missouri Ag Statistics VES Environmental Solutions Vigortone Westway Ag Z Tags North America

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Chesterfield, MO

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Temp:	37^oF	Feels Like:	29^oF
Humid:	79%	Dew Pt:	31^oF
Barom:	30.31	Wind Dir:	NNE
Cond:	N/A	Wind Spd:	12 mph
Sunrise:	7:01	Sunset:	5:31
As reported at ST LOUIS-CHESTERFIELD, MO at 6:00 PM


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High: 37°F Low: 26°F Precip: 71%	High: 43°F Low: 18°F Precip: 0%	High: 39°F Low: 26°F Precip: 0%	High: 26°F Low: 16°F Precip: 0%	High: 38°F Low: 18°F Precip: 0%

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DTN Weather Summary

Light Snow in SE Midwest Wednesday

Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Wednesday will feature a little light snow or snow showers from the southeast Midwest to the middle Atlantic region of the U.S. It will be dry elsewhere in the key U.S. crop areas Wednesday. » More DTN Weather Commentary

Posted at 12:07PM Tue Feb 7, 2012 CST

DTN Market Matters Blog

	Linda Smith Bio DTN Markets Editor
Cash Grains Lower Tuesday Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:15AM CST Tuesday's cash corn price was down 1 cent at $6.30; soybeans, down 1 cent at $11.87; hard red winter wheat, down 6 cents at $6.75; soft red winter wheat, down 7 cents at $6.45; and hard red spring wheat down 2 cents at $8.33. Cash Grains Steady to Higher Monday Tuesday, February 7, 2012 2:06AM CST Cash Grains Mixed Friday; Higher for the Week Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:01AM CST
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	Missouri Dairy Association David R. Drennan - Executive Director 1954 Sumter Ridge Court Chesterfield, MO 63017 Phone: (636) 519-9300 Fax: (636) 519-1403