Bountiful South American crops, stronger US dollar, weaker oil prices, and more . . . . in Amy's morning market comments on the grain bid page.
Storage/DP rate changes - Corn delivered after Jan 25, will be charged 1/10 cent/bu/day.
Beans delivered after Jan 1, will be charged 1/10 cent/bu/day.
Beans delivered after Mar 1 - free DP
Women Changing the Face of Agriculture
An opportunity for all women interested in an agriculture career to visit with women established in their agriculture careers.
Presented by the Illinois Agri-Women
April 16 at the Interstate Center in Bloomington IL.
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 spreadsheet, or a simple sheet. Using the spreadsheet, you can average the prices for any time period you choose, or perform other mathmatical functions. We had this request for the variable cash rent leases, but you may find other uses for the information, too.
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!
Annual women's program will be Wednesday, April 7. Invitations have been mailed. (If you are a Topflight customer and do not receive your invitation, please call Amy or Pam at 217-678-2261.)
This year's theme is "Old Hollywood". Remember the glamourous stars of years gone by, with us.
The 2010 rain map has begun. View the weekend rainfall on the Rain Map page. Amounts are listed for the most recent 24 hour period ending at 7:00 am, plus the monthly total and the yearly total.
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.
Winter & spring time is meeting time for ag producers and community-event meals. Enjoy the offerings!
Every Sunday morning (through March 29) -----
Breakfast at the Trail Blazers, from 7:00 - 10:00 am
Bement American Legion Fish Fry
Friday, March 12
All-you-can-eat fish, slaw, desserts and more, at the Bement American Legion Hall
Pancake & sausage Breakfast
Saturday, March 13, serving from 6:30 am - 11:00 am
at the Forsyth United Methodist Church, 210 E Ruehl St in Forsyth
Presented by the Men of the Maroa & Forsyth United Methodist Churches
They'll also be serving biscuits & gravy!!!
Stop by for a great start to your day!!!
Bement Lions Club Extravaganza
Saturday, March 13
Contact a local Lions Club member for tickets to this annual event of fun.
Weldon Lions Club Breakfast
Sunday, March 14; 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Great breakfast meal, at the Weldon Village Hall
Piatt County National Ag Day Breakfast
Friday, March 19; 7:30 am
Celebrate Ag Day at the Monticello Community Building
Speaker - Robert Reese
RSVP - 762-2128
Sponsored by Piatt County Farm Bureau and Monticello FFA
Ivesdale KC Fish Fry
Friday, March 19; 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
All-you-can-eat fish and all the sides, serving at the Ivesdale KC Hall
Bement American Legion Fish Fry
Friday, March 26
All-you-can-eat fish, slaw, desserts and more, at the Bement American Legion Hall
Weldon Lions Club Breakfast
Sunday, March 28; 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Great breakfast meal, at the Weldon Village Hall
Piatt County Relay for Life
May 22 & 23, in Bement
Join the county as they promote research and prevention of cancer
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 -
Haley's first harvest at Emery, and it's snowing.
Most farmers tell us that 1967 was the last time we combined at Christmas.
The iView program, previously Producer Reports, was discontinued on August 31, due to problems with the program. We are currently working to re-implement the program.
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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
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