Topflight Grain will be closed Monday, May 28, in honor of Memorial Day.
Weekly ethanol production, comments about CBOT expanded trading hours, and more market news. . . . in Adam's morning market comments on the grain bid page.
Beginning May 20, CBOT trading hours will be expanded. The markets will open at 5:00 pm. and will continue trading until the close at 2:00 pm. (The market will only be closed for 3 hours, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm).
June 9 - Bement Old Glory Days
Antique tractor show
A continuing tradition of the Bement Old Glory Days, the tractor show is always fun
If you have tractors to put in the show, call Pam at the Bement office, 217-678-2261
If you don't have any tractors, be sure to stop and visit with us on June 9 in the city park
50's-60's Show
Another fun-filled tradition of Old Glory Days, you'll rock'n'roll to the best of the 50's & 60's.
The show begins at 8:00 at the Bement Country Opry, featuring the House Band, and local talent.
To participate in the program, or for tickets, call Pam at 217-678-2261
Lion's Club Chicken Fry
A long, long tradition in Bement, it's the best chicken around!!!
Serving from 4:30 - 6:30 in the Forest Preserve Park
Tickets available from any Lions Club member, or the Bement & Monticello offices of Topflight Grain.
FFA pictures
We're looking for FFA pictures for the September High Flyer. If you have some pictures that you'd like to share, please take (or send them) to your local Topflight office, by Thursday, August 23rd.
All pictures will be returned.
AgrAbility helps farmers to continue their work, when injured or when combatting a chronic illness. The program can assist with equipment modification, job restructuring, funding assistance, and more.
If you, or someone you know, could use help with the physical adaptations of farming, please call Robert Petrea at 217-333-5035 (Urbana) or Teri Moore at 800-500-7325 (Decatur).
FREE DP -
all corn and beans delivered after December 12
Free to August 31, 2012.
Interesting links for you:
Calculate your cost of production and target your selling prices on this spreadsheet:
Want to view crop yields, or input your own?
Our local communities are making plans for summer activities. Here are some you'll want to attend:
May 24 - Well Fed Spirit Free Dinner
Serving dinner to all
At the Bement United Methodist Church, from 5 - 7 pm
May 27 - Memorial Day Rose Ceremony at the Bement Cemetery
June 1- Community Blood Drive at the Bement United Methodist Church
Sponsored by CIMCO, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Call Tina Webb at 678-2511, Ext 333, to make an appointment
June 9 - Old Glory Festival, in Bement
Band concert, 5K run, tractor show, kids activities, adult activities, lots of good food
Lions Club Chicken Fry, serving in the Forest Preserve Park from 4:30 - 6:30 pm
50-60's Show, at the Bement Country Opry, from 8 - 10 pm
June 28 - Well Fed Spirit Free Dinner
Serving dinner to all
At the Bement United Methodist Church, from 5 -7 pm
June 29 & 30 - Bement Garage Sale Days
July 4 - annual 4th of July celebration in Bement
parade at 1:00, activities in Forest Preserve Park, fireworks at dusk
July 4 - Seymour 4th of July celebration
Parade at 10:00
July 7 - The Troops are Coming
Civil War Camp at Bryant Cottage, Bement
from noon - 4:00 pm
July 8 - Heritage Sunday
at Bryant Cottage in Bement
Music and ice cream social, from 4:00 - 6:30 pm
July 13 - Piatt County Relay for Life
Organize your team, walk the laps, at the Cerro Gordo High School
July 26 - Well Fed Spirit Free Dinner
Serving to all
At the Bement United Methodist Church, from 5 - 7 pm
Want to learn more about Topflight Grain??
See our video ---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =E0xWfR8rTAk
Central Illinois events that may interest you:
Macon County Ag Extension information - for you!!
Grain Marketing Group - meets the 2nd Thursday of each month
Meetings begin at 7:30 pm in the Illini Room of the Extension Conference Center.
Piatt County Ag Extension information - for you!!
Grain Marketing Group - meets the 3rd Thursday of each month
Meetings begin at 7:30 pm at the Extension office - 210 S Market, Monticello
Let us know what's going on in your community -
For you, from Topflight Grain - - - -
Receive cash bids & CBOT quotes via text message on your cell phone!!
It's free!!! Cash bids are free to Topflight Grain customers; a small fee is charged to receive the CBOT quotes.
Call your local Topflight office to subscribe to the free service.
If you would like to receive the morning and evening comments via email (which may be easier to read than the website on your mobile phone), please call your local Topflight office.
Voice Blast
If you prefer a phone call about market reports, etc, you can sign up for the voice blast service. Calls can be made to your home phone or your cell phone when important news occurs. No fee for this service!!! Call Amy in the Bement office @ 217-678-2261, for more information or to sign up.
Voice blast/audio alert tab on our website. If you missed your voice blast message, or want to hear it replayed, click on the new tab (end of the second row) at the top of the page. If you would like to have the voice blast messages sent to your phone, call Amy @ 217-678-2261.
Rain totals text - if you would to have the rain totals texted to your phone, call Amy @ 217-678-2261.
Information you can use -----
Historic prices - Click on the Historic prices link above to see Topflight grain prices since 2001. This includes corn & beans, cash and fall. You can open the information as a webpage, or a simple sheet. Using the spreadsheet, you can average the prices for any time period you choose, or perform other mathematical functions. We had this request for the variable cash rent leases, but you may find other uses for the information, too.
Just for fun -------
Test your Trivia skills, with the Topflight weekly Trivia question --- Your correct answer will make you eligible for that world-famous Topflight Grain T-shirt!
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Topflight
Grain Offices Toll-Free
(800) 383-9761 |
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Atwood,
Illinois (217) 578-2213 |
Maroa,
Illinois (217)
794-5533 |
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Bement, Illinois (217)
678-2261 |
Milmine, Illinois (217)
763-6311 |
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Cisco, Illinois (217)
669-2141 |
Monticello,
Illinois (217)
762-2163 |
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Emery, Illinois (217)
794 -2240 |
Pierson, Illinois (217) 578-2215 |
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LaPlace, Illinois
(217) 677-2111 |
Seymour, Illinois (217) 687-4540 |
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 Topflight
Grain Cooperative, Inc. is a farmer-owned grain
cooperative in the heartland of the USA in the middle of Illinois
grain belt. The rich soils and modern farm practices produce
record yields of quality grains!
Formed
in 1998 as the consolidation of three local grain cooperatives,
Topflight Grain Cooperative is located in east central Illinois,
serving grain producers in Piatt, Macon, Moultrie, Douglas & Champaign
counties. Permanent storage capacity of the eighteen facilities
is 22 million bushels of grain. Annual volume of the company is
32 million bushels with grain sales exceeding $100 million.
Due to
the optimal location of Topflight Grain on three rail lines and
its location just 25 miles from Decatur, Illinois, world headquarters
of ADM Growmark and Tate & Lyle corn and soybean processing
plants, Topflight Grain elevators are in a position for timely
grain marketing from receipt of grain to its final destination.
The numerous trucking firms that serve all of Topflight's grain
elevators ensure prompt delivery of truck grain sold in the nearby
processing markets.
Topflight Grain
facilities at Bement, Milmine and Monticello are located directly
on the Norfolk Southern rail main line, allowing shipments of grain
into Decatur, movement to the Illinois river, east coast, or the
export market. Through a reciprocal agreement, switching on the
Illinois Central affords the opportunity for export markets via
the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico is also accessible from
the Cisco grain facility, where Topflight Grain owns the 13.5-mile
rail road that connects Cisco to the Decatur markets and the IC
rail service. The IC market is also available to the Seymour facility
of Topflight Grain for a direct shipment to the southern markets.
The CSXT rail line serves Topflight Grain facilities at Pierson
Station, Atwood, and LaPlace, reaching the south-eastern US grain
markets.
Topflight Grain
Cooperative, Inc. is a state licensed grain dealer. The licenses
are protected thorough annual audits by the State of Illinois.
Year-end financial and grain audits are prepared by certified accountants,
and presented at the Company's annual stockholder meeting. Topflight
Grain is also a member of the Illinois Grain Insurance Corporation
which insures grain owners against grain elevator failure. |
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