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Nobody has more on the line than Iowa

Iowa is number one in the nation for both corn and hogs, second in soybeans, and a top-five cattle-feeding state. That scale cuts both ways: a few cents per bushel or a feed-cost swing, multiplied across an Iowa-sized operation, is serious money. The crop and the livestock are the easy part for most producers. The harder part is marketing the grain on a plan and keeping livestock margins protected through a volatile year.

That is the whole job we do. With two Iowa offices, in Mechanicsville to the east and Sheldon in the northwest, we bring local market knowledge and stay in it with you all season, not a hotline that calls once and disappears.

#1

U.S. state for corn and hogs

#2

U.S. state for soybeans

2 offices

Mechanicsville & Sheldon, IA


HOW we help iowa operations

Lead service

Grain Marketing Advisory

In the country's top corn and soybean state, a marketing plan is your edge. We coordinate cash sales, futures, and options and bring daily market insight so you protect price and capture rallies.

  • Written, operation-specific marketing plan
  • Daily market commentary and signals
  • Cash, futures, and options coordination
For Iowa's #1 hog sector

Livestock Gross Margin (LGM)

Iowa raises more hogs than anyone. LGM for swine protects the margin between hog value and feed cost in one federally subsidized policy, covering both falling prices and rising feed.

  • Swine and cattle gross-margin protection
  • Defends against feed-cost spikes
  • No margin calls
Cattle price floor

Livestock Risk Protection (LRP)

For Iowa's cattle feeders and backgrounders, LRP sets a floor under feeder or fed cattle prices while leaving upside open. No minimum head, premium due after the coverage period.

  • Price floor on feeder and fed cattle
  • No minimum head requirement
  • Up to 55% federal premium subsidy

built for iowa producers

 

Corn & soybean growers

Market the biggest crop in the country with a plan that protects price and removes the guesswork.

Hog operations

Protect margin in the nation's top hog state with LGM-Swine covering price and feed risk together.

Cattle feeders

Lock a floor on feeder and fed cattle with LRP while keeping your upside if the market runs.

 

From our Mechanicsville office we serve eastern Iowa around Cedar, Linn, and Jones counties; from Sheldon we cover the dense livestock and row-crop country of northwest Iowa including O'Brien, Sioux, and Osceola counties.

Iowa Grain & Livestock Marketing FAQ

Let's build your Iowa marketing plan

Talk to a local advisor at our Mechanicsville or Sheldon office.

(507) 449-2030

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