Grain Gleanings

Summer

By Becky Johnson, Elevator Location Manager, Salem

Happy Summer! It is hard to believe the longest day of the year is behind us along with a couple warmer days.  A much-needed rain was welcomed Sunday night into Monday morning for much of our general area.  As of Tuesday, the weather forecast looks like we will have very tolerable temperatures over the next week with some more measurable rain on Wednesday.

The good old Supply and Demand rule is being reflected in the markets to start this week off.  The probability of abundant crops currently is looking promising.    We have a lot of growing season left and as we know things can change in a hurry especially when severe weather hits an area. 

If one has old crop still in bins on the farm waiting for a jump in price, remember we offer an open order option which is free and allows for the price to be met on the overnight trade as well as during open day trading hours.  Those of you who still have Delayed Price grain at any of our locations, the open order option is also available for you as well.  Just a reminder for those of you with DP grain, if it is not sold by close of day trade on October 3^rd, 2025, we will automatically price it at the closing price per that location.

FYI: Next Monday, June 30^th, at 11 am CST the grain stocks and acreage report comes out.

Thank you for your patronage with CFC/Fremar LLC, and as always please reach out to any of our locations for help with any questions you may have.  Wishing you a safe and enjoyable 4^th of July and rest of your summer!

6/27/2025

Grains

By Hunter Behrens, Grain Originator, Lyons

Heavy rains across the southern plains and southern Midwest threaten this year’s winter wheat crop. As of Wednesday, heavy rains the past 24 hours in Eastern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma will continue to slow harvest efforts while possibly posing production and quality issues. This has surged wheat prices to multi-month highs which has triggered nearly all green on the agriculture screen. Corn exports have been strong and the grain stocks and planted acreage report will be out at 11:00 am on Monday, June 30^th. That is the next major US commodity report that could potentially move the markets. Corn could benefit with a bullish planted acres report due to the last few weeks leading lower testing $4.00 new crop prices which doesn’t look very appetizing to contract corn at those levels. However, on the other hand we are in the $9.90’s for beans, which have been within a dime of the highs we’ve only seen glimpses of this year and have seen some contracting beans when the market reaches the $10 number growers are looking for. If you have any questions on marketing new crop or old crop grain, please contact your area’s grain originator.

6/20/2025

Grains

By Jake Moret, Grain Originator

Renewable Fuel Quotas for 2025-2027 are seeing nice progress and nice commitment by the current administration’s EPA to support the US ag economy and reduce greenhouse gases through the growing use of sustainable feedstocks. This is some much-needed news for US soybean demand. Soybean oil moves toward a limit up today over this news.

Corn continues to write its own story about strong use and demand. This is the tightest corn carry out number we’ve seen in 5 years. All the normal numbers we look at in corn seem positive. The market is here to inflict pain and it’s doing a good job. If corn can start moving 20 cents higher from here, I would really like farmers to be in contact with us and see what opportunities we can take advantage of whether it’s just a cash offer, a simple basis contract or looking into an accumulator. Don’t be the farmer to just sit back and wait for a weather scare all summer or 45Z news; let’s get an honest marketing plan together.

6/13/2025

Central Farmers has a mobile app that provides real time account information at your hands. By partnering with barchart, we are able to empower you, our producers, to make informed and quicker business decisions with CFC. With our app you can:

• Access scale tickets virtually in real time, allowing you to know how many bushels you have delivered and how much still needs to be delivered. You are able to see the grade factors on each scale ticket such as Moisture and Test Weight.
• Access your contracts that you have with any CFC location. You will be able to see the status of any contract to find out whether it is filled or is still open.
• Access real-time bushel balances of your grain across all CFC locations.
• Access delayed cash bids for all of our CFC locations

You can find our App on Google Play for Android devices or the App Store for iPhones by searching for Central Farmers. Scan the QR code below for quicker download process. Download it today!