75 Years of Munson Quality Feeds



How this Company Started

Munson Quality Feeds started with a hand-cranked barrel mixer in 1935 and grew to a trusted brand. Read about the growth of this company from small family business to regional feed company.

Feed Sacks to Stylish Clothing
Read how Munson Quality Feeds not only changed livestock nutrition but influenced fashion trends in the country.

Munson Today: What’s Changed
Munson Quality Feeds got their start in the poultry business, but in recent years the focus has been on dairy and beef cattle, which makes up 75-80% of its business. Read what’s changed and what will never change. 

 
Mill in 1950
Mill today

Local Conditions
Howard Lake, MN
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Temp: 53oF Feels Like: 53oF
Humid: 78% Dew Pt: 46oF
Barom: 30.06 Wind Dir: WNW
Cond: Clear Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:41 Sunset: 7:48
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"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."

~ Lord Acton,  (1834 - 1902)


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CONNECT WITH US 24/7
A big fan of social networking? Now you can interact with the Howard Lake Country Store on Facebook, a WordPress blog and Twitter. Read more.

Customer Spotlight:
47 Years as a Munson Customer

Read about the Fehn Dairy Farm at St. Michael, one of Munson Lakes Nutrition’s longest continuous customers.



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Local Cash Bids
Howard Lake Mill Delivery Cash Basis  
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Price as of 09/03/10 10:22PM CDT.
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C - CORN - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Sep 451'6 432'0 449'6s 16'6
Dec 466'6 446'0 464'4s 17'0
Mar 478'0 460'6 477'6s 17'0
May 482'4 466'4 482'4s 15'2
Jul 486'4 473'0 486'4s 13'6
 
S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
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Sep 1030'0 1014'0 1029'6s 22'2
Nov 1041'0 1014'0 1035'0s 26'0
Jan 1048'0 1024'4 1043'6s 25'2
Mar 1050'0 1050'0 1049'0s 24'0
May 1051'2s 22'0
 
SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Sep 3080 3045 3082s 60
Oct 3030 2942 3014s 66
Dec 3050 2958 3033s 72
Jan 3033s 72
Mar 3035 3035 3039s 70
 
DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Sep 16.15 16.15 16.16s 0.03
Oct 15.63s - 0.02
Nov 14.95 14.95 14.94s - 0.04
Dec 14.50s - 0.10
Jan 14.04s - 0.11
 
LC - LIVE CATTLE - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Oct 99.550 97.300 98.450s 0.000
Dec 101.900 100.100 100.650s - 0.675
Feb 102.475 100.800 101.650s - 0.200
 
DB - BUTTER - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Sep 158.00s 0.00
Oct 159.00s 0.00
Dec 161.00s 0.00


Local News
 
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Drought-Tolerant Crops Closer to Becoming Reality
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Egg Cooling Could Lessen Food Safety Risk
A recent recall of hundreds of millions of eggs thought to be contaminated by salmonella highlights ...

Feeding Cattle Adds Balance to the Cow-calf Operation
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