By the time this update reaches you, we will have wrapped up the first month of our new fiscal year and will be under way with our external financial audit for the year completed on September 30. While unofficial, I can safely report that 2025 will be a solid year with slight increase in total sales and strong bottom line performance. I look forward to sharing the results and more with you next month.
As we are now past the midway point for harvest, similar to last year, we saw the grain come into our facilities at a record pace. 2025 has been a year of strong yields and tough economics. While Midwest farmers are seeing good corn and maybe record soybean yields, market volatility, high input costs, and trade uncertainty continue to challenge profitability. Limiting risk is more important now than ever in today’s environment. Be sure to work closely with your Premier agronomist this fall to take advantage of any opportunities with financing and pre-season buying to help position your inputs for next season.
We have again reserved The Wisconsin Riverside Resort in Spring Green to hold our next annual meeting on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Please check out additional updates in this and future newsletters for more information including scholarship opportunities, director elections, and more.
In a few weeks we will be celebrating Thanksgiving. Holidays always add stress to our business as employees take extra days of well-deserved vacation time to spend with family and our work week loses a day to serve you. Please help the co-op staff you work with by calling in your feed, propane, lumber, and other deliveries as much in advance of the holidays as possible. With one less day in the week to work with, it’s greatly appreciated by all the staff as it allows them to get home at a decent time to spend the holidays with their family and friends.
Veteran’s Day is November 11. Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice. Please be safe and have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.
