42 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



CASH WHEAT PRICES AND PROTEIN PREMIUMS AT GREAT FALLS' 



Crop 



YeorU 



Base 



Price 



No. 1 



Heavy 



PROTEIN PREMIUMS 



12% 



13% 



14% 



15% 



16% 



17% 



Value 

 of 

 Pre- 

 miums 

 Percenit 



1959 _ 



1960 _ 



1961 _ 



1962 _ 



1963 _ 



1959 

 1960 

 1961 

 1962 

 1963 



Cents Per Bushel 

 DARK NORTHERN AND NORTHERN SPRING WHEAT 



Prices for 1959 are simple averages of quotations obtained from the Great Falls Tribune for one 



day each month, centering mid-month. For 1960-63 the mid-month quotations were weighted by monthly 



marketing percentages. 



July of year shown through June of the following year. 



Premium as percent of base price plus premium — using 16% premium for spring wheat ctnd 15% premium 



for winter wheat. 



MONTANA WHEAT— 1962 and 1963 CROPS 



Production by Protein Content Groups — From Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Land 

 1962 CROP 1963 CROP 



