Grain Overview
At Key, we have one over-riding objective among our grain team members: to help you make more money on every bushel you sell. No corporate grain buyer is interested in paying you a single penny more for your corn and soybeans than they absolutely have to. Doesn’t matter if it’s a giant grain company, or the local ethanol plant. They make more when you make less.
As a cooperative owned by farmers, on the other hand, our interests are closely aligned with yours. We work for you, and want you to succeed by marketing your crops at the best possible prices. The Key team is in the grain market every single day, and can help you match the bushels you have to sell with buyers who are offering the highest bids at any given time. We can also show you strategies to capture short-term price moves over the course of the growing season, whether you have any actual grain in the bin, or not.
Cash Bids |
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| Name | Delivery Start | Delivery End | Basis Month | Futures Price | Fut. Chg. | Basis | Cash Price |
| Corn | 03/01/2025 | 03/31/2025 | May 2025 | 464-4 | 0-0 | -39.00 | $4.26 |
| Corn | 04/01/2025 | 04/30/2025 | May 2025 | 464-4 | 0-0 | -38.00 | $4.27 |
| Corn | 05/01/2025 | 05/31/2025 | May 2025 | 464-4 | 0-0 | -38.00 | $4.27 |
| Corn | 06/01/2025 | 06/30/2025 | Jul 2025 | 471-4 | -0-4 | -43.00 | $4.29 |
| Corn | 07/01/2025 | 07/31/2025 | Jul 2025 | 471-4 | -0-4 | -40.00 | $4.32 |
| Corn | 10/01/2025 | 10/31/2025 | Dec 2025 | 451-0 | -0-4 | -50.00 | $4.01 |
| Corn | 12/01/2025 | 12/31/2025 | Dec 2025 | 451-0 | -0-4 | -41.00 | $4.10 |
| Corn | 01/01/2026 | 01/31/2026 | Mar 2026 | 463-4 | -0-4 | -48.00 | $4.16 |
| Corn | 02/01/2026 | 02/28/2026 | Mar 2026 | 463-4 | -0-4 | -41.00 | $4.23 |
| Corn | 03/01/2026 | 03/31/2026 | Mar 2026 | 463-4 | -0-4 | -36.00 | $4.28 |
| Soybeans | 03/01/2025 | 03/31/2025 | May 2025 | 1004-6 | -2-4 | -75.00 | $9.30 |
| Soybeans | 04/01/2025 | 04/30/2025 | May 2025 | 1004-6 | -2-4 | -72.00 | $9.33 |
| Soybeans | 05/01/2025 | 05/31/2025 | May 2025 | 1004-6 | -2-4 | -72.00 | $9.33 |
| Soybeans | 06/01/2025 | 06/30/2025 | Jul 2025 | 1017-2 | -2-2 | -80.00 | $9.37 |
| Soybeans | 07/01/2025 | 07/31/2025 | Jul 2025 | 1017-2 | -2-2 | -76.00 | $9.41 |
| Soybeans | 10/01/2025 | 10/31/2025 | Nov 2025 | 1004-6 | -1-6 | -75.00 | $9.30 |
| All grain prices are subject to change at any time. Cash bids are based on 10-minute delayed futures prices, unless otherwise noted. Prices current as of 01:19 AM CDT - Provided by Barchart | |||||||
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Grain Contracts & Marketing
Our grain marketing solutions involve much more than grain bids posted online. We’re here to guide you, and you’ll deal with people you know and trust. We offer grain contracts at Key Cooperative for both old and new crop bushels and our grain team will assist you in making the right decision for your financial goals. Contact your local risk management specialist to learn more about contract options.
The driver will provide the scale operator with the grain owner’s name, division of the grain, notify the scale operator on the last load and disposition of the grain (store, sell, condo storage, etc). All grain will be first applied to any open contracts by location on the 20th day from the date of first delivery. Unpriced grain, which has been held beyond the 20 day limit, will be considered stored with the Average Delivery Date to be considered the deposit date (with appropriate storage-drying shrink rates assessed). A new delivery period will then be started.
Any non-contracted delivered processor grain will be assessed a 1 cent service fee.
All priced bushels will be assessed fees according to the Iowa Indemnity Fund.
Crop Insurance
Crop insurance is an important risk management tool every farmer should consider. Purchasing too much insurance is an unnecessary expense, and too little can leave in a bind should planting conditions or weather events during the growing season leave you short a crop. Our crop insurance partners at Mason City All Risk Insurance, Inc. can help you build a level of insurance protection that is right for your farm.
