Before you sell your corn or soybeans, consider all of your options.
United Cooperative has gone to great lengths to make sure our grain receiving facilities are in the right locations for the majority of our member-owners. We keep our handling and storage equipment clean and in good working order to minimize hiccups during the critical fall harvest season, and offer extended grain delivery hours and extra help to keep our local harvest rolling. For grain customers who use forward-pricing strategies, we can help you with your marketing plans and order placement, or execute orders and deliveries from your outside marketing firm. Our goal is to work with you in any capacity that makes the most sense for your operation. Click below for contracting options or to find a location near you.
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United Cooperatives’ fiscal year ends December 31st, it is extremely important to have your account current by December 31, 2021. If you cannot pay your account in full, you are expected to contact the credit department at 800-924-2991. We will try to work with you but that can only happen if you are proactive and contact us.
Since 2011, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has recorded more than 1,300 crashes involving agricultural equipment that resulted in 678 injuries and 26 deaths. Three scenarios drivers and farmers should know how to handle are passing farm equipment, left-hand turns and braking distance needed at controlled intersections.
United Cooperative is staying with the changes we made last year to our storage fee structure. As a reminder we no longer have a minimum storage fee for commodities.
We often speak of corn silage yield from the standpoint of the crop being grown and harvested in the field. Now at harvest time we have a chance to increase or at least maintain, the yield potential of our corn silage. Good forage management that includes proper packing, inoculant and sealing corn silage with bunker covers and tires is key to reducing corn silage shrink and keeping it’s quality.
Rollovers account for about half of the approximately 200 tractor-related fatalities reported every year in the United States. Filling bunker silos and drive-over piles can pose serious risks. Always follow safety precautions to avoid rollovers.
United Cooperative is teaming up with Barchart and their online grain management system. cmdtyMarketplace allows farmers to create and manage online offers with United Cooperative. The system allows you to create and cancel your offers, sign up for text and/or email notifications for offer order changes. It even allows you to download and sort reports of your current offer activity and history. Login Register
United Cooperative participates in Wisconsin’s Agricultural Producer Security Program. If we fail to pay you for grain when payment is due, you may file a claim under this program. The program may provide some compensation. However,our “estimated default exposure” exceeds program coverage, and we have not filed security to cover the difference, so compensation may cover only a portion of your loss. For more information, you may contact the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 2811 Agriculture Drive, P.O.Box8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911 (phone 608/224-4998).
Grain Delivered will be applied to contracts first. Grain balances above contract amounts have the following choices for application: Cash/Spot: The bushels designated will be sold at the current market price (Subject to change during CBOT trading hours). Contact a buyer if you wish to have your grain spotted upon delivery. 7-Day Hold: Delivered grain is held for 7 days without storage charges, after which charges will begin to accrue. Grain that is not contracted, sold, or instructed to be placed in grain bank during this period will be placed in storage. Storage (Open Storage): Grain designated for storage will be assessed the applicable storage fees, including minimums and may have additional drying & shrink. Grain Bank: Grain designated for grain bank is for feed purposes with applicable storage fees and may have additional drying & shrink.