This is the list of the newly elected board members who will be serving for the 2025/2026 fiscal year.
Roger Gustafson (Paxton) – President
Kenny During (Rantoul)– Vice President
Robert Schmid (Buckley)– Secretary
Cory Roelfs (Rantoul)– Treasurer
Steve Glazik (Paxton)
Dan Kief (Loda)
Jeff McGehee (Onarga)
Brent Neukomm (Cissna Park)
Jim Niewold (Loda)
Mike Otto (Buckley)
Pat Quinlan (Ludlow)
We have posted the current rates for drying and storage grain on our website.
Please visit our Crop Policy Service Rates page for Corn and Soybeans to plan for your storage and drying needs for this harvest season.
Please call the office if you have questions: 217-396-4111
2025 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders will be held:
Wednesday, September 03, 2025
The Cadillac 108 W State St. Paxton, IL
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for registration,
Buffet style dinner from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. (Provided by Luke’s one stop)
Shareholders meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Please RSVP by August 22, 2025
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Good morning. I hope Santa found you yesterday.
Grain prices are called steady to slightly higher on this old-fashioned opening. Grains do trade until a normal close today. The Government is shutdown again today so data will be limited. Gold is into new all-time highs again this morning. The DOW and S&P both closed at record highs on Wednesday. The futures on both of those markets are mixed so far this morning. Crude was higher this morning but has since turned slightly negative. The generally positive feel to the outside markets is expected to spill over into the grains this morning. A slightly drier profile in Argentina is supportive as well. Brazil weather still looks ok. It will be warm through the weekend in the Midwest. Cooler air comes in Monday. River levels got a small bump with the snow melt, but levels are expected to fall out again into early January. See Memphis chart below. The technical factors are still supportive for corn and soybeans as both are trading above the 200-day moving average. There is a high from early December at $4.52 ¼ for March corn that needs to be watched today. A move above that opens up a test of the fall high of $4.57. January options expire today. First notice day for January contracts is next Wednesday. We will report longs after the close on Tuesday (30th). Please review your positions. President Trump is slated to meet with Ukraine on Sunday to discuss peace again. The attacks between Ukraine and Russia continued over the holiday. Next week brings more reduced trading hours. Grains trade a normal close on Wednesday, and then markets will be closed until Friday morning again.
Have a safe weekend.
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Good morning. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Early close today at 12:05 central time. The markets will stay closed until 8:30 a.m. central time on Friday. Normal close on Friday.
Open interest was steady yesterday as the funds were quiet. Soybean open interest was down as the January liquidation continues. January options expire on Friday, which will ease another chunk of the open interest in January futures. First notice day for Jan futures is the 31st so continue to review your positions. The commitment of traders’ report yesterday afternoon showed the funds were sizable sellers in corn and beans. This data was as of Dec. 16th so we are almost caught up. The Federal Government is closed today so no weekly ethanol report. With it being closed on Friday as well, data will be limited until next Monday. Argentina is 78% planted on corn and 76% done on beans. Wheat is 84% harvested. Argentina growing conditions are still largely viewed as favorable. Some dry weather is settling in now, but ground conditions are relatively well watered. Eastern Brazil will be on the dry side, and it will be an area to watch as temps rise there in the next few days. Another new high in gold overnight. The better-than-expected 3rd quarter GDP report yesterday (+4.3%) helped push equities to gains and the S&P to a new record high. There is a risk in talking about it too much, but the 200-day moving average continues to loom large for both nearby corn and beans. March corn continues to use the level as strong support, while January beans were able to trade back above it overnight. Use these levels as key indicators over this period when the news cycle is slow. 200-day for March corn = $4.46. 200-day for January beans = $10.55.
Have a safe holiday.
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12.26.25 MIDCO MORING COMMENTS:
Good morning. I hope Santa found you yesterday.
Grain prices are called steady to slightly higher on this old-fashioned opening. Grains do trade until a normal close today. The Government is shutdown again today so data will be limited. Gold is into new all-time highs again this morning. The DOW and S&P both closed at record highs on Wednesday. The futures on both of those markets are mixed so far this morning. Crude was higher this morning but has since turned slightly negative. The generally positive feel to the outside markets is expected to spill over into the grains this morning. A slightly drier profile in Argentina is supportive as well. Brazil weather still looks ok. It will be warm through the weekend in the Midwest. Cooler air comes in Monday. River levels got a small bump with the snow melt, but levels are expected to fall out again into early January. See Memphis chart below. The technical factors are still supportive for corn and soybeans as both are trading above the 200-day moving average. There is a high from early December at $4.52 ¼ for March corn that needs to be watched today. A move above that opens up a test of the fall high of $4.57. January options expire today. First notice day for January contracts is next Wednesday. We will report longs after the close on Tuesday (30th). Please review your positions. President Trump is slated to meet with Ukraine on Sunday to discuss peace again. The attacks between Ukraine and Russia continued over the holiday. Next week brings more reduced trading hours. Grains trade a normal close on Wednesday, and then markets will be closed until Friday morning again.
Have a safe weekend.
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12.24.25 MIDCO MORNING COMMENTS:
Good morning. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Early close today at 12:05 central time. The markets will stay closed until 8:30 a.m. central time on Friday. Normal close on Friday.
Open interest was steady yesterday as the funds were quiet. Soybean open interest was down as the January liquidation continues. January options expire on Friday, which will ease another chunk of the open interest in January futures. First notice day for Jan futures is the 31st so continue to review your positions. The commitment of traders’ report yesterday afternoon showed the funds were sizable sellers in corn and beans. This data was as of Dec. 16th so we are almost caught up. The Federal Government is closed today so no weekly ethanol report. With it being closed on Friday as well, data will be limited until next Monday. Argentina is 78% planted on corn and 76% done on beans. Wheat is 84% harvested. Argentina growing conditions are still largely viewed as favorable. Some dry weather is settling in now, but ground conditions are relatively well watered. Eastern Brazil will be on the dry side, and it will be an area to watch as temps rise there in the next few days. Another new high in gold overnight. The better-than-expected 3rd quarter GDP report yesterday (+4.3%) helped push equities to gains and the S&P to a new record high. There is a risk in talking about it too much, but the 200-day moving average continues to loom large for both nearby corn and beans. March corn continues to use the level as strong support, while January beans were able to trade back above it overnight. Use these levels as key indicators over this period when the news cycle is slow. 200-day for March corn = $4.46. 200-day for January beans = $10.55.
Have a safe holiday.
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