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  • 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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02.23.26 MIDCO AFTERNOON COMMENTS

🌽 Corn Market Update
Corn futures closed unchanged to slightly higher to start the week this week, with prices seeing a fairly wide-ranging start to the week despite not actually ending up going anywhere by the end of the day as a morning rally across the space failed into the noon hour. May futures were able to score new six-week highs on the strong export data this morning, but this is becoming old news to some extent, which is why it wasn't able to sustain buying throughout the day. The problem in the corn market isn't that the world doesn't have anywhere for supplies to go, its that the world's largest producers are all going to have record or near-record crops at the same time, which almost always drives prices lower regardless of what demand does. Yes, low prices cure low prices at some point, but when everybody has low prices and yours aren't the cheapest, that process takes longer to work out than normal as buyers can simply turn elsewhere if any one country's products get too expensive.

🌱 Soybean Market Update
The soy complex was on a bit of a roller coaster on Monday, as bean futures traded a good 20+ cent range throughout the day before largely finishing near unchanged, while the products were also wide-ranging and mixed on another round of RVO headlines. Ideas coming out of the weekend that the Chinese were now less likely to make good on additional purchases of US beans was the source of the early pressure, and was reasonable given some 5+ MMTs of the original 12 has yet to ship and also as the market is now trying to pencil in another 8 MMTs requested by Trump a couple weeks ago. There wasn't a lot explicitly new as far as the RVO is concerned, but traders again decided to press the buy button on headlines that the EPA would be would be submitting its proposal to the White House this week, setting the table for a ruling then in the next two to four weeks. Why this headline continues to get such fanfare we are not sure, but its been enough to push the market to new contract highs multiple times now in recent days

🌾 Wheat Market Update
After trading to their highest level since last July early in the session on Monday, wheat futures reversed course and finished the day lower for the first time since last Tuesday by the end of the day as the buying wasn't able to be sustained beyond the noon hour. Despite the turnaround though, the push to new highs amid Friday's commitment of traders report still showing funds still sitting on a fairly sizeable net-short position is not nothing, and is a possible indicator that perhaps there is more at play here than just speculative money flows. We talk about in corn and beans, but remember, this is a futures market, and one that has been talking about global oversupply for months now. At some point, focus will shift to something else and this is maybe what has gotten fund traders to begin adjusting positions over the last few weeks.
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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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02.23.26 MIDCO AFTERNOON COMMENTS

🌽 Corn Market Update
Corn futures closed unchanged to slightly higher to start the week this week, with prices seeing a fairly wide-ranging start to the week despite not actually ending up going anywhere by the end of the day as a morning rally across the space failed into the noon hour. May futures were able to score new six-week highs on the strong export data this morning, but this is becoming old news to some extent, which is why it wasn't able to sustain buying throughout the day. The problem in the corn market isn't that the world doesn't have anywhere for supplies to go, its that the world's largest producers are all going to have record or near-record crops at the same time, which almost always drives prices lower regardless of what demand does. Yes, low prices cure low prices at some point, but when everybody has low prices and yours aren't the cheapest, that process takes longer to work out than normal as buyers can simply turn elsewhere if any one country's products get too expensive.

🌱 Soybean Market Update
The soy complex was on a bit of a roller coaster on Monday, as bean futures traded a good 20+ cent range throughout the day before largely finishing near unchanged, while the products were also wide-ranging and mixed on another round of RVO headlines. Ideas coming out of the weekend that the Chinese were now less likely to make good on additional purchases of US beans was the source of the early pressure, and was reasonable given some 5+ MMTs of the original 12 has yet to ship and also as the market is now trying to pencil in another 8 MMTs requested by Trump a couple weeks ago. There wasn't a lot explicitly new as far as the RVO is concerned, but traders again decided to press the buy button on headlines that the EPA would be would be submitting its proposal to the White House this week, setting the table for a ruling then in the next two to four weeks. Why this headline continues to get such fanfare we are not sure, but its been enough to push the market to new contract highs multiple times now in recent days

🌾 Wheat Market Update
After trading to their highest level since last July early in the session on Monday, wheat futures reversed course and finished the day lower for the first time since last Tuesday by the end of the day as the buying wasn't able to be sustained beyond the noon hour. Despite the turnaround though, the push to new highs amid Friday's commitment of traders report still showing funds still sitting on a fairly sizeable net-short position is not nothing, and is a possible indicator that perhaps there is more at play here than just speculative money flows. We talk about in corn and beans, but remember, this is a futures market, and one that has been talking about global oversupply for months now. At some point, focus will shift to something else and this is maybe what has gotten fund traders to begin adjusting positions over the last few weeks.
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P.O. Box 155, Ludlow, Illinois 60949
217-396-4111

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