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Mar 01, 2026


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Grain Marketing Services

Today’s commodity markets present unique challenges. Rising input costs, global uncertainty, and increased volatility create more risk—but also more opportunity for producers with a proactive marketing strategy. Access to timely information and trusted guidance is essential for making sound decisions, managing risk, and protecting your operation’s profitability. Working with your local cooperative grain team ensures you have the tools, market insight, and support needed to navigate changing conditions with confidence.

Premier Cooperative offers a range of grain contracting options to help manage risk and capture market opportunities. From forward contracts to target offers and other flexible pricing tools, our team can help develop a customized marketing plan tailored to your operation, storage, cash flow, and long-term goals. We monitor markets alongside you to identify opportunities that fit your strategy.

Our Text Market Updates service is also improving, providing more reliable and consistent price alerts and market information directly to your phone—helping you stay informed, react quickly, and make timely marketing decisions.

Contact your local Premier Cooperative grain team today to start building a marketing plan that works for you. .

Bridgette Young
Grain Lead

 

 

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Mar 01, 2026

Today’s dairy and beef operations rely heavily on accurate forage inventory planning. Feed costs remain one of the largest contributors to overall expenses, and even small miscalculations can result in unplanned purchases before the next harvest. Key elements of effective forage management include proactive planning, understanding shrink and waste, accurately estimating animal numbers, and feeding consistent dry matter amounts.

Mar 01, 2026
A couple of months ago we made the announcement that we had signed a letter of intent to begin a merger study with Farmers Union Cooperative in Ossian, Iowa. Over these last two months, we’ve spent time with their teams pouring through financial records, comparing operational procedures, reviewing accounting practices, meeting with members, and much more. Following this due diligence, it was confirmed that a merger could strengthen our cooperatives by supporting long-term financial stability, enhance employee opportunities, and allow for sustainable future growth. Not just getting bigger, but the opportunity to continue to get better.