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	We are an independently owned and operated elevator, soybean processing plant, and trucking company.  We have served the tri-state area for over 40 years!  Our commitment to service our customers with the highest quality products and customer service is second to none!  Thanks for choosing Lester Feed & Grain. Lester Location 712-478-4440     Edna Location 712-472-2869

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	Lester Harvest Hours: Mon - Sat  7:30 am - demand (call ahead in evenings) Edna Harvest Hours: Mon - Sat  7:45 am - 6:00 pm Lester/Edna Locations Feed Mill Receiving Hours: Mon. - Fri.  8:00 am - 4:30 pm Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm  Lester Location Extruded Meal & Oil Load Out Hours: Mon. - Fri.  8:00 am - 4:30 pm Call ahead to accomodate possible after hours loading   Feed YOUR own soybeans just like you feed YOUR own corn! “EXPRESS SOYBEAN MEAL” (extruded expelled) Produce YOUR own soybean meal at the cost of production! * Lower F/G * Higher ADG * Lower Cull Rates * Lower Death Loss * Higher % Sold As Tops * Grain Bank Your Soybeans * Market Your soybeans every day (Commercial, Non GMO, Organic)

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	SALES TEAM 712-348-3637  Reid Krull 712-470-0421  Larry Van Roekel 712-470-7372  Dustin Hoogendoorn 712-470-6426  Neil Warner 712-470-7380  Lance Van Roekel              CROP PRODUCTION Neil is in the Lester area Monday, Wednesday, Friday and the Edna area Tuesday and Thursday's. US Drought Monitor Link ISU Crop Update Newsletter Link SWINE PRODUCTION Let us show you how you can get the average price for the year and process your own soybeans into "EXPRESS SOYBEAN MEAL", Our mechanical process of extrusion is superior to conventional solvent extracted soybean meal due to the process in which it is manufactured gives it a higher nutrient availability.  This value allows you to feed what you already raise in the same manner you feed your own corn today!  2-4% increase in both feed efficiency (8-16 lbs. of feed per pig) and improved rate of gain (5-8 lbs. heavier pig in the same amount of days!) along with ease of grain marketing can add value and additional savings to your feeding operation. GRAIN MARKETING Check out our "Grain Profit Grid" tab in blue over on the left hand side of the page. Click Here For The Farmer's Corner Newsletter Link BEEF PRODUCTION & WHITETAIL TRUCKING Delivered to the Lester / Edna area 10-4-17 $112.00          Dry Distillers $61.00            Modified Distillers $36.00            Wet Cake $23.00            Syrup We also distribute and deliver Fine Ground Corn and Crack Corn. We can evaluate your feeding operation and make valuable reccomendations along with additional feeding options, give us a call. ISU Field & Feedlot Newsletter Link

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	Many farmers have had liability insurance claims denied over dicamba injury, after companies concluded the products were to blame. Know what your policy covers in 2018. See DTN Ag News. BDicamba: Who's Liable?... After a flurry of opposition to proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt tried to calm the waters by changing course. See DTN Ag News. BEPA Backs off RFS Changes... Private forecasts for 2017-18 winter run colder than the public outlook. See DTN Ag News. =^Mixed View of Winter... A lawsuit by CHS Capital LLC that claimed an 80,000-acre Michigan farm defaulted on $145.3 million in loans is coming to a close. See DTN Ag News. BBoersen Farms Case Nears End... The specialty soybeans can bring in much-needed premiums provided you can link up with a processor and segregate them carefully. See DTN Ag News. 4^Oil Your Wallet...

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	loading... CORN   Lester Edna Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis  N/C 2017  @C7Z 344'6 0'2 @C7Z 344'6 0'2  January 2018  @C8H 358'4 0'0 @C8H 358'4 0'0  February 2018  @C8H 358'4 0'0 @C8H 358'4 0'0  March 2018  @C8K 367'2 0'0 @C8K 367'2 0'0  April 2018  @C8K 367'2 0'0 @C8K 367'2 0'0  May 2018  @C8N 374'6 0'0 @C8N 374'6 0'0  June 2018  @C8N 374'6 0'0 @C8N 374'6 0'0  July 2018  @C8N 374'6 0'0 @C8N 374'6 0'0  N/C 2018  @C8Z 391'2 0'0 @C8Z 391'2 0'0 SOYBEANS   Lester Edna Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis  N/C 2017  @S7X 978'2 -0'4 @S7X 978'2 -0'4  January 2018  @S8H 998'6 -0'4 @S8H 998'6 -0'4  February 2018  @S8H 998'6 -0'4 @S8H 998'6 -0'4  March 2018  @S8K 1007'4 -1'0 @S8K 1007'4 -1'0  April 2018  @S8K 1007'4 -1'0 @S8K 1007'4 -1'0  May 2018  @S8N 1016'2 -0'4 @S8N 1016'2 -0'4  June 2018  @S8N 1016'2 -0'4 @S8N 1016'2 -0'4  July 2018  @S8N 1016'2 -0'4 @S8N 1016'2 -0'4  N/C 2018  @S8X 997'2 -0'6 @S8X 997'2 -0'6
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	DTN Closing Corn Comments
	Darin Newsom DTN Sr Analyst December corn closed down 4 1/2 cents Friday and was down 8 1/4 cents on the week, ending within a tick of its August low. Even though this is the time of year when prices typically start to make a seasonal turn higher, corn has struggled to rise above its lows and anecdotes of higher-than-expected yields around the Midwest are likely the source of those problems. On the demand side, the export pace has been slow, but more sales were announced this week. Early Friday, USDA said 4.9 million bushels (125,000 mt) of U.S. corn sold to unknown destinations and 4.7 million bushels (120,000 mt) sold to Spain, both for 2017-18. All sales are welcome, but we can't fool ourselves that this fall's corn piles are going to disappear anytime soon. Technically, the trend in corn is still sideways, but vulnerable to new lows until we get farther past harvest. DTN's National Corn Index closed at $3.05 Thursday, priced 44 cents below the December contract and still holding above its August low. In outside markets, the December U.S. dollar index is up 0.48 after the U.S. Senate approved a budget plan and with many still guessing which candidate President Trump will select as the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve.   As of 2:18 PM on Oct 20, 2017

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	@C - CORN - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 17 344'2 345'4 344'2 344'6 0'2 344'4 08:15A Mar 18 358'2 359'4 358'0 358'4 0'0 358'4 08:16A May 18 367'0 368'0 367'0 367'2 0'0 367'2 08:16A Jul 18 374'2 375'4 374'2 374'6 0'0 374'6 08:03A Sep 18 381'6 382'4 381'6 382'0 0'2 381'6 07:45A Dec 18 391'0 392'0 391'0 391'2 0'0 391'2 08:03A Mar 19 401'2 401'2 401'0 401'2 0'0 401'2 07:45A May 19 408'0 408'0 407'4 407'4 -3'0 407'2s 07:45A Jul 19 412'2 412'2 411'4 411'4 -3'0 411'4s 07:45A Sep 19 413'6 -3'4 408'4s 07:45A Dec 19 412'4 412'6 409'6 409'6 -3'2 409'6s 07:45A Jul 20 422'2 -3'2 423'4s 07:45A Dec 20 415'0 415'0 415'0 415'0 4'0 411'0 07:45A @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Nov 17 977'0 981'2 976'0 978'2 -0'4 978'6 08:10A Jan 18 987'4 992'0 986'6 988'6 -0'4 989'2 08:15A Mar 18 997'6 1001'6 996'6 998'6 -0'4 999'2 08:02A May 18 1007'0 1010'6 1006'0 1007'4 -1'0 1008'4 08:07A Jul 18 1015'0 1019'2 1014'2 1016'2 -0'4 1016'6 07:45A Aug 18 1016'4 1017'4 1016'4 1017'4 0'2 1017'2 07:45A Sep 18 1006'2 1007'2 1006'0 1007'2 0'4 1006'6 07:45A Nov 18 997'0 1000'2 995'2 997'2 -0'6 998'0 08:15A Jan 19 1004'6 1004'6 1004'6 1004'6 0'6 1004'0 07:45A @SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 17 3165 3179 3158 3160 - 11 3171 08:11A Jan 18 3187 3200 3180 3183 - 10 3193 08:16A Mar 18 3217 3230 3210 3213 - 10 3223 08:11A May 18 3243 3256 3236 3236 - 14 3250 07:45A Jul 18 3269 3279 3263 3263 - 11 3274 08:13A Aug 18 3270 3270 3270 3270 - 6 3276 07:45A Sep 18 3260 3271 3257 3257 - 10 3267 07:45A Oct 18 3236 3236 3223 3223 - 9 3232 07:45A Dec 18 3230 3245 3230 3231 - 10 3241 08:15A @BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 17 34.16 34.42 34.04 34.33 0.17 34.16 07:45A Jan 18 34.32 34.56 34.21 34.48 0.17 34.31 07:46A Mar 18 34.53 34.78 34.43 34.69 0.16 34.53 08:14A @HE - LEAN HOGS - CME Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 17 64.275 64.925 63.900 64.850 0.600 64.850s 08:16A Feb 18 68.525 69.175 68.325 69.025 0.625 69.100s 10/20 Apr 18 72.400 72.975 72.100 72.850 0.475 72.900s 07:46A May 18 77.000 77.175 76.750 77.175 0.325 77.175s 10/20 Jun 18 80.100 80.600 79.950 80.400 0.275 80.475s 10/20 Jul 18 80.250 80.675 80.100 80.575 0.275 80.575s 07:56A Aug 18 79.500 79.775 79.275 79.625 0.225 79.725s 08:12A Oct 18 66.975 67.200 66.800 67.100 0.200 67.100s 10/20 Dec 18 61.900 61.950 61.900 61.950 0.350 61.950s 08:15A Feb 19 64.500 0.350 65.200s 07:29A Apr 19 68.500 0.350 68.500s 10/20 @LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Oct 17 111.600 112.200 111.250 111.600 0.475 111.675s 07:38A Dec 17 116.575 117.225 115.750 116.575 0.450 116.600s 08:14A Feb 18 121.025 121.575 120.525 121.275 0.625 121.275s 08:16A Apr 18 121.225 121.700 120.750 121.425 0.325 121.525s 08:07A Jun 18 114.225 114.725 113.700 114.275 0.200 114.525s 07:57A Aug 18 111.600 111.975 111.075 111.675 0.325 111.850s 08:14A Oct 18 112.000 112.325 111.475 112.225 0.600 112.300s 10/20 Dec 18 112.750 113.425 112.750 113.400 0.850 113.400s 10/20 Feb 19 113.475 113.500 112.900 113.500 0.575 113.325s 10/20 @GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Oct 17 153.350 153.900 152.500 153.500 0.475 153.625s 08:07A Nov 17 153.150 153.675 151.975 152.975 0.300 153.075s 08:13A Jan 18 151.475 152.075 150.025 151.175 0.125 151.325s 08:14A Mar 18 148.350 148.950 146.900 148.250 0.375 148.450s 08:14A Apr 18 147.825 148.400 146.450 148.075 0.400 148.050s 08:14A May 18 147.225 147.450 145.500 147.000 0.100 147.100s 08:14A Aug 18 148.000 148.650 146.850 148.600 0.825 148.550s 07:56A Sep 18 150.000 0.700 148.550s 07:40A @DA - MILK CLASS III - CME Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Oct 17 16.61 16.61 16.61 16.61 0.01 16.60 07:48A Nov 17 15.85 15.87 15.85 15.87 0.15 15.72 07:53A Dec 17 15.50 15.49 My Custom Markets Symbol Open High Low Last Change Close Time More

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