News Announcements

Dear Patrons,

Ludlow Cooperative Elevator Co. is governed by an 11-member board of directors. These board members are elected by the patrons at the annual meeting for a term of one year.

We have two current board members who have indicated that they will not be running for reelection to the board for Fiscal Year 2026.

We have chosen a nominating committee to source names of patrons who would be willing to serve on the board of directors. To help with this process, we are inviting anyone who may be interested in running for a position on the board to contact the Ludlow office, a current board member, or a member of nominating committee. We will give the names of interested individuals to the nominating committee for consideration as they assemble a slate of possible directors. The directors are elected at the Annual meeting

The nominating committee this year is:

Dave Monk – Danforth
Ross Cluver – Buckley
Rod Loschen – Ludlow
Bruce Ristow – Cissna Park (GW)
Ron Bork – Piper City

You must be a member of cooperative to serve on the board.
The Board of Directors meet every month at the office in Ludlow.
The Board Meetings are regularly held on the third Wednesday of the month.
Meetings are normally held in the evening and start on time:
7:00 pm November-March
8:00 pm April-October
Meetings may occasionally be held at other times as circumstances dictate.
Directors are expected to attend all meetings. It is unusual to have a director absent.
Meetings are occasionally rescheduled due to a conflict if the other directors are available and agree.
Meetings normally last 3 to 3 ½ hours.

Thank you,

Pat Quinlan
Board President

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Don’t miss out….
with the rapidly changing markets we can monitor the CBOT for you during the 17 ½ hours of daily trade.

To take advantage of this FREE service, call or email a settlement location with your pricing offer and the information below.

• The commodity (Corn, Beans, or Wheat- delivery to Buckley or Ludlow locations ONLY)
• The number of bushels you would like to price
• The Ludlow Coop location where you would like to deliver grain to
• What price/futures you would like
• The delivery period of your bushels (Examples: Cash, January, New Crop)

We keep grain pricing offers up to 30 days; we will reach out to you when/if offers are picked up.

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

It’s time to start marketing for the 2025 new crop year we are offering… Ludlow Coop’s Average Pricing Program or you can pick your Average Pricing Weeks

Average Pricing Contract

Helps you to create a base for a marketing plan on your 2025 crop

• Price grain when the average historical seasonal values are at their highest (January through June).
• Still leave a good portion of your grain to market (Recommend to commit no more than 20-35% of an average crop).
• A good way to help your landlords get some pricing done and take the emotion out of pricing grain.
• Extends the producers marketing window, selling ahead instead of after harvest (19 months vs. 9 months).

Ludlow Coop’s Average Pricing Program (using our set weeks):

Details:

• Weekly pricing will be done at noon each Wednesday.
• Pricings will run from February 12th through June 25th (20 weeks total).
• Your final price will be an average of these 20 weekly pricings.
• Prices will be based on the December (CZ25) corn futures and November (SX25) bean Futures.
• Contracts will be for fall 2025 delivery corn and soybeans. All you will need to do is let us know how many bushels you want to put into the program along with which Ludlow Coop location you will be delivering to and a purchase contract will be written when you sign up
  (No pricing on contract until the end of program).
• There is no cost to the producer for this program. Sign up no later than Tuesday, February 11th.
• Contract must be signed & received by a Ludlow Coop Facility prior to the start date.

Patron’s Choice Average price contract (your choice of consecutive weeks):

*** patrons can choose your own pricing window ***

Details:

• Weekly pricing will be done at noon each Wednesday.
• YOU choose the pricing period between the dates of February 05, 2025 thru August 27, 2025.
• Must be consecutive weeks – you choose the number of weeks, prior to contract start date.
• Prices will be based off December Corn futures (CZ25)and November Bean futures (SX25).
• Contracts will be for fall 2025 delivery corn and/or soybeans.
• Bushels to be stated prior to start of weekly pricing.
• There is no cost to the producer for this program.
• Contract must be signed & received by a Ludlow Coop facility prior to YOUR start date.

Be sure to give us your email address as weekly pricing info will be emailed. Final pricing and a copy of your contract updated with the average price will be mailed to you at the end of the programs.

Contact one of the Ludlow offices for more information and to get signed up!

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Space as Available for Corn & Beans

Corn deliveries beginning 12-2-24 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 2:00pm on 8-31-25, new 2025 crop rates will go into effect at that time.

Corn deliveries beginning 12-2-24 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 8-31-25, new 2025 crop rates will go into effect at that time.

Bean deliveries beginning 11-18-24 are eligible for:
Delayed pricing – free no moisture averaging (within a 30 day delivery period) and shrunk to 13.0%
FREE DP is until 2:00pm on 8-31-25, new 2025 crop rates will go into effect at that time.

Bean deliveries beginning 11-18-24 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 8-31-25, new 2025 crop rates will go into effect at that time.