Topflight Grain Cooperative, Inc. is a farmer-owned grain cooperative in the heartland of the USA in the middle of Illinois grain belt.
The rich soils and modern farm practices produce record yields of quality grains.
Founded in 1998
Formed in 1998 as the consolidation of three local grain cooperatives and additional mergers in 2000, 2003 & 2014, Topflight Grain Cooperative serves grain producers in Piatt, Macon, Moultrie, Dewitt, Douglas, Champaign, & Logan counties. Permanent storage capacity of the nineteen facilities is 48 million bushels.
13 Year-Round Locations in Central Illinois
Please click on a Topflight Location below for Staff, Phone & Contact Info
The Decatur processing plants of ADM & Primient are just 25 miles from many of the facilities. Processing plants and ethanol plants near Pekin are just 40 miles from the Logan County elevators; Bloomington, IL processors are just 30 miles away. Gibson City processors and One Earth Energy are only 30 miles from the Seymour elevator. These markets provide many market opportunities for the quality grain grown by the 2,600 stockholders of Topflight Grain. The numerous trucking firms that serve all of Topflight’s grain elevators ensure prompt delivery to meet contract specifications.
Topflight Rain Map
Topflight Central Illinois locations’ Rain Map featuring year-to-date totals of rainfall at 13 Topflight Grain locations.
Topflight Grain facilities at Bement, Milmine and Monticello are located directly on the Norfolk Southern rail main line, allowing shipments of grain into Decatur, movement to the Illinois River, east coast, or the export market. Through a reciprocal agreement, switching on the Illinois Central affords the opportunity for export markets via the Gulf of Mexico. The expanded Topflight Grain facility at Pierson Station is located on a short-line railroad that gives us access to three Class 1 railroads. Those lines: the CSX (Southeast Markets), UP ( Western Markets), and CN serve the Center Gulf export markets. The facility can load up to 110 car shuttle trains.
Illinois Licensed Grain Dealer
Topflight Grain Cooperative, Inc. is a state-licensed grain dealer and participant of the Illinois Grain Insurance Fund.
Illinois Licensed Grain Dealer
Topflight Grain Cooperative, Inc. is a state-licensed grain dealer and participant of the Illinois Grain Insurance Fund.
Friday, October 9, 2026 Morning Markets: Corn: +0. Beans: +6.25. Wheat: -1. State Bank of Bement will be passing out Harvest Bags TODAY! from 1:30-3:30pm in Milmine The Prospect Baseball Team will be selling sandwiches TOMORROW! 10/10 from 10am-2pm in Pierson Olympia FFA will be feeding the farmers a free meal Monday, 10/12 from 4:30pm-6:30pm at both Tabor and Atlanta State Bank of Bement will be passing out Harvest Bags Wednesday, 10/14 from 1:30-3:30pm in Bement United Prairie will be serving lunch Friday, 10/16 from 11am-1pm in Pierson
MARKET SUMMARY: Good morning. Happy Friday. And Happy WASDE Day. An overnight rally in the soy complex has backed off a bit into the morning hours, with prices still in the green but well off their highs made the first few hours last night. The grain markets, meanwhile, are near unchanged and have seen smaller ranges and light volume as traders continue to wait for today's report. We covered it fairly in depth yesterday afternoon, but will reiterate that today's numbers affect a rather small portion of the overall fundamental landscape in the grain and soy markets, and will be passed over fairly quickly baring some sort of unexpected bombshell from the government. Longer term, its weather in South America, Chinese buying, and the war in the Black Sea that will continue to have the biggest impact on price direction. Corn futures to start wrapping up the week are trading either side of unchanged, soybean futures are trading 4-6 cents higher, and the Chicago wheat market is trading either side of unchanged as well.
Trivia: What geyser in Yellowstone National Park is known for erupting roughly every 90 minutes? (answer below)
Crude Oil is down $0.69 at $90.80 US Dollar is up at $102.28 Dow futures are up 34 points at 51,2527
WEATHER: This morning's 4am update regarding Isaias from the National Hurricane Center again moved the storm's path once it makes landfall back further to the east, with there better model agreement this morning on the storm working north into KY and then veering off towards OH and WV as opposed to IL and IN like was seen the last couple days. Inland rainfall totals through the southeast look to range anywhere from 4-5" along the Gulf to 1-2" further to the north. Into next week then, models continue to be in better agreement on the coming systems and rainfall though the mid-section of the country but will likely remain variable as a pair of tropical systems in the Pacific will impact exactly where moisture does and doesn't fall next Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. Totals don't look to exceed an inch into next Friday throughout the region, but this outlook could change over the weekend.
OTHER HEADLINES: This morning's WASDE update for October is expected to show corn yield coming in at an average of 177.7 bu/acre, which would put production at 15.721 bil bu; soybean yields are seen at 52.8 bu/acre, with production at 4.534 bil bu. Ending stocks for corn are estimated at 1.670 bil bu, soybeans at 305 mil bu, and wheat at 721 mil bu. At the world level, corn stocks are seen at 273.8 MMTs, soybean stocks are seen at 123.33 MMTs, and wheat stocks are seen at 276.6 MMTs. The report is due out this morning at 11am central time. Ukraine's Ag Minister Taras Vysotskyi said this week that Ukraine was considering plans to send grain exports through German ports, potentially adding up to an additional million tons of export capacity from current levels. Other details were generally lacking. Weekly crop data out of Argentina from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange showed corn planting this week had advanced to 29.9% complete, which continues to be ahead of both last year and average. The group commented that early planted crops were seeing normal emergence throughout most of the growing areas. Weekly data from the USDA shows barge shipments down the Mississippi River in the week ending October 3rd at 332k tons, which was down 16% from the week prior. Corn shipments in the week at 150k tons were down 24% on the week and soybean shipments at 179k tons were up 3%. STL barge fright rates were quoted at $28.85/short ton, down $1.44 from the week prior.
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Bailey Runyen Grain Originator | Topflight Grain Coop. 101 N. Main St. | Cisco, IL 61830 Phone :: 217-669-2141 Email :: brunyen@tfgrain.com Image ...
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