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  • 217-396-4111
  • P.O. Box 155, Ludlow, Illinois 60949
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Ludlow Coop is Offering Free Delayed Pricing on Corn & Soybean Deliveries

CORN deliveries beginning 1-14-26 are eligible for:

Delayed Pricing – FREE moisture averaged by farm ID (within a 30 day delivery period) and shrunk to 15.0% FREE DP is until 2:00 p.m. on 8-31-26, new 2026 crop rates will go into effect at that time.

CORN deliveries beginning 1-14-26 are eligible for:

Open Storage – moisture averaged by farm ID (within a 30 day delivery period) and shrunk to 14.0% charges of NO drop charge and .0012 cent per bushel per day (3.5 cents per month) thru 8-31-26, new 2026 crop rates will go into effect at that time.

BEAN deliveries beginning 1-14-26 are eligible for:

Delayed Pricing – FREE NO MOISTURE AVERAGING (within a 30 day delivery period) and shrunk to 13.0% FREE DP is until 2:00 p.m. on 8-31-26, new 2026 crop rates will go into effect at that time.

BEAN deliveries beginning 1-14-26 are eligible for:

Open Storage – NO MOISTURE AVERAGING (within a 30 day delivery period) and shrunk to 13.0% charges of NO drop charge and .0012 cent per bushel per day (3.5 cents per month) thru 8-31-26, new 2026 crop rates will go into effect at that time.

SPACE AS AVAILABLE FOR CORN & BEANS

Time to Begin Marketing for the 2026 Crop Year with the Average Pricing Program

Why Choose the Average Pricing Program?

  • Build a solid base for your 2026 crop marketing plan.
  • Capture seasonal highs: Historically, January through June offers the strongest pricing opportunities.
  • Flexibility: Commit only 20–35% of an average crop, leaving room for additional marketing.
  • Take the emotion out of pricing—a great option for landlords.
  • No enrollment cost.
  • Extended marketing window: Sell ahead instead of after harvest (19 months vs. 9 months).

Ludlow Coop’s Average Pricing Program

Set Weeks: February 11 – June 24, 2026

  • Weekly pricing every Wednesday at noon.
  • 20 weeks total; final price is the average of all weekly pricings.
  • Based on December (CZ26) corn futures and November (SX26) bean futures.
  • Contracts are for Fall 2026 delivery.
  • Sign-up deadline: Tuesday, February 10, 2026. Contract must be signed and received before start date.

Patron’s Choice Average Pricing Contract

Your Choice of Consecutive Weeks

  • Weekly pricing every Wednesday at noon.
  • Choose any consecutive weeks between January 14 – August 26, 2026.
  • Based on CZ26 corn futures and SX26 bean futures.
  • Contracts are for Fall 2026 delivery.

Ready to Enroll?

Contact your settlement location with:

  • Number of bushels
  • Chosen dates (for Patron’s Choice)
  • Delivery location

Ludlow Coop Offices:

  • Buckley: (217) 394-2331
  • Danforth: (815) 269-2390
  • Ludlow: (217) 396-4111
  • Piper City: (815) 707-3347
  • Goodwine: (815) 457-2880

2025-2026 Board Members Elected

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)

2025-2026 Drying and Storage Rates

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

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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3.16.26 MIDCO AFTERNOON COMMENTS

🌽 Corn Market Update
Corn futures fell victim to broader ag market selling on Monday, as weakness in the soy complex and also in the energy markets left prices with nowhere to go but down. We talked about it last week, but market fundamentals have meant little of late; its order flow and chart momentum that mean the most to price direction in the short term, and today, those things were clearly pointed lower. With rains continuing to fall in Brazil and the safrinha crop there off to a good start, the USDA's crop estimates in Argentina likely too low, and the prospects for an acreage figure this spring above the USDA's current estimate seemingly having better odds than not, we're just having a hard time finding something positive that could sustain a rally in the short term. Even after today's sell off, it would seem there are notably more downside price risks present than upside ones short of some kind of weather issue popping up in the next three-five months.



🌱 Soybean Market Update
Concerns regarding Chinese buying of American soybeans returned to the forefront of the complex on Monday and led values to one of their worst days in many months, as concerns that additional business would now not occur led to a sharp exodus of market longs. From a nuts and bolts standpoint, its the idea that without the additional business, current export estimates are likely too high and ending stocks are likely too low that has produced a removal of premium, and this is what we've warned about for weeks now. Adding fuel to the fire were also headlines that the Iran war could now push the delay of the EPA's RVO announcement back to April, which just made things worse. The bottom line is that a limit down day coming out of a weekend of trade negotiations between the US and China that by most accounts was productive, would seem to be a particularly negative development that doesn't bode overly well now for an extension of the current rally.

🌾 Wheat Market Update
Wheat futures closed lower to start the week on Monday, as group-wide selling from the other markets outweighed weekend news that Russian FOB export prices had reached their highest level since late last summer. Wide-ranging temperature swings have produced crop questions across the US wheat belt, but these also weren't seemingly enough to get additional premium into the space on Monday. With funds now near-neutral, it will be interesting to see from here whether market can the retain the same amount of upside vigor with there nowhere near the same amount of short covering potential that was available a month ago.
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The FFA members at Iroquois West High School, along with the rest of the student body, will be hosting a clothing and food drive next week to support our neighbors to the north who were impacted by the recent severe and damaging storms. Please consider helping in any way you can.
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News Announcements

Ludlow Coop is Offering Free Delayed Pricing on Corn & Soybean Deliveries

Time to Begin Marketing for the 2026 Crop Year with the Average Pricing Program

2025-2026 Board Members Elected

2025-2026 Drying and Storage Rates

2025 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders

Latest News | Summer 2025

Grain Pricing Offers, Have Grain to Price?

2025 Average Pricing

Ludlow Coop is Offering Free Delayed Pricing on Corn & Soybean Deliveries

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3.16.26 MIDCO AFTERNOON COMMENTS

🌽 Corn Market Update
Corn futures fell victim to broader ag market selling on Monday, as weakness in the soy complex and also in the energy markets left prices with nowhere to go but down. We talked about it last week, but market fundamentals have meant little of late; its order flow and chart momentum that mean the most to price direction in the short term, and today, those things were clearly pointed lower. With rains continuing to fall in Brazil and the safrinha crop there off to a good start, the USDA's crop estimates in Argentina likely too low, and the prospects for an acreage figure this spring above the USDA's current estimate seemingly having better odds than not, we're just having a hard time finding something positive that could sustain a rally in the short term. Even after today's sell off, it would seem there are notably more downside price risks present than upside ones short of some kind of weather issue popping up in the next three-five months.



🌱 Soybean Market Update
Concerns regarding Chinese buying of American soybeans returned to the forefront of the complex on Monday and led values to one of their worst days in many months, as concerns that additional business would now not occur led to a sharp exodus of market longs. From a nuts and bolts standpoint, its the idea that without the additional business, current export estimates are likely too high and ending stocks are likely too low that has produced a removal of premium, and this is what we've warned about for weeks now. Adding fuel to the fire were also headlines that the Iran war could now push the delay of the EPA's RVO announcement back to April, which just made things worse. The bottom line is that a limit down day coming out of a weekend of trade negotiations between the US and China that by most accounts was productive, would seem to be a particularly negative development that doesn't bode overly well now for an extension of the current rally.

🌾 Wheat Market Update
Wheat futures closed lower to start the week on Monday, as group-wide selling from the other markets outweighed weekend news that Russian FOB export prices had reached their highest level since late last summer. Wide-ranging temperature swings have produced crop questions across the US wheat belt, but these also weren't seemingly enough to get additional premium into the space on Monday. With funds now near-neutral, it will be interesting to see from here whether market can the retain the same amount of upside vigor with there nowhere near the same amount of short covering potential that was available a month ago.
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P.O. Box 155, Ludlow, Illinois 60949
217-396-4111

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