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 twelve facilities is 49 million bushels.
12 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 12 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.
MARKET SUMMARY: Good morning. Happy Friday the 13th. Markets have been in steady uptrends throughout most of the overnight session, with soybean futures having scored new highs for the week and the grain markets also seeing steady gains as money flow seems to have returned to the ags at week-end. We didn't have a lot of great explanation for the sell-off yesterday, and unfortunately, we equally don't have a lot of great explanation for the rally this morning other than it's the end of the week and there's a US-China meeting next week that is likely producing position adjustment. The funds are still long the soy space, but spec traders could've gotten short after the Tuesday run-up this week, and if both now want to cover positions into the weekend, it’s plausible that that could be the back-and-forth seen the last couple days. Corn futures to start Friday morning are trading 3-4 cents higher, soybean futures are trading 15-17 cents higher, and the Chicago wheat market is trading 7-9 cents higher.
Trivia: How many bones do sharks have in their bodies? (answer below)
Crude Oil is up $0.48 at $89.22 US Dollar is up at $103.22 Dow futures are up 206 points at 52,596
WEATHER: Weekend weather looks to be mostly quiet for the Corn Belt, as high pressure keeps cooler air present throughout much of the region but also limits any precip. The western part of the country, meanwhile, looks to stay wet, as the Pacific jet extension keeps a regular flow of low pressure systems active into next week. Temperatures in the central US warm back up then next week, but more cold air and a large storm system are in the forecast for the following weekend, which are likely to get more attention through the week next week.
OTHER HEADLINES: CONAB is expected to release monthly crop production data this morning at 7am central time. Traders see the report showing Brazil corn and soybean production little changed from last month, as weather to this point in the season has been just good enough in many areas to support normal development. Weekly export sales data for the week ending November 5th is expected to show corn sales in the week between 2.0-3.0 mil MTs, soybean sales between 850k-2.0 mil MTs, and wheat sales between 350k-650k MTs. The report is still due out at the normal 7:30am central time, though was delayed a day for the Wednesday Veterans Day holiday. The Rosario Grain Exchange in Argentina this week bumped their wheat production estimate up a half million tons to 24.3 MMTs, which if accurate, would be the second largest harvest on record. The group also mentioned that harvest progress is about 13% complete. Weekly barge traffic data from the USDA this week showed shipments down the Mississippi River in the week ending November 7th at 850k tons, which was up a whopping 201% from the week prior. Corn shipments in the week totaled 331k tons, up 303%, and soybean shipments totaled 510k tons, up 171%. STL barge freight rates were quoted at $21.87/short ton, down from $22.50 a week ago. Not market related, but Microsoft said Thursday that server problems were to blame for outages related to Outlook email, Teams and Co-Pilot and that it was not aware of any malicious activity. The company this morning says its engineers are continuing to work on the root cause of the problem, but that services are slowly being restored.
EXPORT NEWS: 303,300 metric tons of corn received in the reporting period for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 272,820 metric tons is for delivery during the 2026/2027 marketing year and 30,480 metric tons is for delivery during the 2027/2028 marketing year 134,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2026/2027 marketing year 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Vietnam during the 2026/2027 marketing year 100,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2026/2027 marketing year
Answer: Zero. Their skeletons are made entirely of flexible cartilage instead of bone.
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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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