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.
State Bank of Bement will be passing out Harvest Bags TOMORROW! 10/8 from 1:30-3:30pm in Monticello & LaPlace State Bank of Bement will be passing out Harvest Bags Friday, 10/9 from 1:30-3:30pm in Milmine The Prospect Baseball Team will be selling sandwiches Saturday, 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
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Trivia: Whitney Houston went to the top of the charts in 1992 with “I Will Always Love You”. Who wrote the song? (answer below)
Market Recap- Mid-week ag trade was mostly lower at the CBOT on Wednesday, with row crop markets lower and the products mixed on more pre-report positioning ahead of Friday's update. There's plenty of chatter regarding poor quality crops coming out of Midwest fields, but until the USDA confirms related losses on the balance sheets, the chatter is nothing more than just that. And unfortunately, by the time it is confirmed if it’s going to be, trade focus is going to have already shifted south of the equator. Crop quality is certainly a cash story, but futures markets will likely be slower to react.
Corn Summary- Corn futures closed lower at mid-week on Wednesday, giving back a portion of yesterday's gains on what seemed to be a pumping of the breaks on the buying seen based on Monday's crop condition declines and as wheat futures acted as anchor on the grain complex as a whole. There was little new otherwise, with overall market sentiment still a product of what traders think the USDA is going to say on Friday. We still don't know the numbers, but would pose this question - with the funds long some 400k+ contracts already, is it more likely that a bullish report leads to an additional influx of fund money, or that a bearish report leads these already long funds to liquidate or bank profits? The report very well could be friendly, but if its not, there would seemingly be a considerable amount of downside risk present today.
Soybean Summary- The soy complex closed mixed on Wednesday, with the beans lower and the products mixed on what appeared to be heavy spread activity with little explanation available otherwise. There was chatter that funds could've been selling bean oil as a short leg against length in the beans, or length in the meal, or length in the grains. There was chatter that the price action was a precursor to bearish EPA news as it pertains to SRE reallocations that are due at the end of the month. And then there was chatter that the fundamental situation with bean oil export prices relative to those in South America is just plain bearish. We can't put a finger on one specifically, but would surmise that all three were likely part of the equation for the day. Meal was on the inverse of this, and was the buy leg for any related spreads.
Wheat Summary- Similar to the conversation in the beans, chatter in the wheat market on Wednesday had selling largely related to fund traders getting wheat shorts on as a hedge against length in other markets, with there little of note otherwise and things still seemingly getting progressively worse in the Black Sea. We continue to think prices are undervalued relative to what's going on between Russia and Ukraine, but so long as US wheat futures continue to be the short leg on spreads with Matif, we don't know if or when this changes.
Outside News Headlines- Crude oil futures down around $0.20/bbl.
Weather Updates- The immediate Midwest forecast remains little changed this afternoon, with models in agreement on warm and dry conditions remaining in place through the end of the week. Moisture is seen returning on the weekend though to the south and southeast, as the remnants of what is forecast to become Hurricane Isaias make their way north and possibly into portions of the Corn Belt. Forecasts are having trouble with exactly how far north the storm is going to be able to make it, but the National Hurricane Center's outlook today has wind and rains from the system making it to IN and IL by Sunday morning. Model agreement on the forecast into next week has fallen apart in the last 24 hours, with the GFS holding to the same pattern seen the last several days while the EU broke down the low pressure trough that is expected to eject from the southwest the middle of next week. The southern Plains stay wet in both forecasts, but NE/IA and north into the Dakotas and MN went over drier in today's EU run. Rainfall maps for South America have Argentina seeing normal or near-normal precipitation over the next 10 days, while Brazil stays wet in the south and drier in the north. Models are trying to bring better precip into Mato Grosso and some of the other growing regions in the west-central part of the country, but the rains have so far struggled to make it into the short term forecasts. Temperatures look to be a mixed bag across the region the next ten days, with anomaly maps keeping Argentina and the southern part of Brazil on the cooler side of normal, while central and northern Brazil stay warmer.
Answer: Dolly Parton. Released in 1974.
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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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