The Latest Moves in the Interest Rate Market
Inflation and employment data continue to dominate national headlines, and interest rates remain high. GCC Associate Grain Originator Nathan Flores takes a deeper dive into the Consumer Price Index, offering insight into the numbers behind the headlines.
Russia-Ukraine War: Three Years of Conflict and the Ripple Effects on U.S. Commodity Markets
Nearly three years after Russia’s invasion, tensions are still rising—but what does that mean for global markets and the U.S. commodity market? Early fears of major disruptions haven’t played out as expected, yet uncertainty lingers. As 2025 unfolds, the real question is: what happens next?
Milo in the Crosshairs
What’s behind the milo market slump and what it could mean for you.
Managing your Grain: Business Units
Now is the perfect time to review and update your business units with GCC. From grain splits to proof of yield reports, our Grain Origination Team is here to ensure your records are accurate and your settlements run smoothly!
GCC Brokerage Services
Explore how GCC’s brokerage services can add customized risk management strategies to your operation’s grain marketing plan.
Using Limit Orders to Strengthen Your Grain Marketing Strategy
Aiding in strategic pricing, limit orders let producers set target prices for automatic grain sales, but these orders require active management and aren't guaranteed to fill. Are limit orders right for you?
Defer Pay on Sale of Grain
GCC offers a deferred payment option that lets you sell your grain whenever you choose and set a payment date that fits your financial plans.
A Grain Contract That Releases You From Verified Crop Failure? We've Got That!
Weather shouldn't add to your market volatility stress. GCC's Alpine Pro Contract is unique in offering a provision that allows a farmer to be released from the contract in cases of verified crop failure.
River Valley Open House Announced
All GCC employees and farmer-members are invited to our upcoming Open House event at the new River Valley Terminal! This exclusive gathering is a chance to get to tour and see your new facility!
Honoring Heritage and Advancing Together: River Valley Grain Terminal Update
An exclusive update on the new River Valley Grain Terminal, boasting a 1.2 million bushel capacity and state-of-the-art automation for rapid, efficient operations. Learn how this facility will transform grain marketing opportunities while maintaining seamless traffic flow and high-speed handling capabilities.
Streamline Your Grain Management with Business Units
Simplify your grain management with business units that track your fields, sections, and landlords seamlessly. Learn how GCC's comprehensive system ensures accurate reporting, easy settlements, and efficient grain splits for your farming operations.
From Seeds of Experience to New Harvests: Kevin's Role Shift & Welcoming Ashley Hoffman
Discover an exciting role change and meet the newest addition of the GCC Grain team.
Summer Harvest Prep
Wheat harvest is one of the most exciting times of the year – and it’s just around the corner. We've got a few pre-harvest best practices to consider to help harvest go as smoothly as possible.
Seize the Season and Price Corn Today
Planting season has arrived, and with it brings a historically advantageous time to price corn. Reach out to a member of the GCC grain team to learn more about what could be a fit for your bushels.
Upgrade to the New GCC Mobile App
Set up your new mobile app account today as the outdated bushel mobile app is now retired and no longer working. Reach out to our dedicated Grain Team and they'll guide you through the process.
Summit Max Contract
This unique contract prices the daily high of December 2024 (new crop) corn futures and can be used to contract corn or milo. Your GCC Grain Team is getting ready to launch enrollment. Sign up will run March 18th through the end of April, with the pricing window running May through mid-July 2024.
Business Units & Splits Reminder
As we approach the start of another busy agronomy season, we encourage all our customers to make time this winter to visit with your agronomist or with any of our Crop Production accounting staff to review current accounts as well as set up new accounts for landlords.
Selling Grain Through An Offer
Wait, you can participate in the market WITHOUT watching it?! Grain originator Lindy McMillen explains how an offer works.
Building Your Marketing Plan
It is never too early to start a marketing strategy. With current market volatility it is very important to market sooner rather than later. Here are some things to acknowledge when building your marketing plan:
Preharvest Prep
The extended wheat harvest compressed the preharvest preparation window. Fall harvest is an exciting time for all but tensions can run high. Your local GCC staff is ready and willing to lend a hand! Ease your harvest stresses with these pre-harvest tips.
Forward Thinking
One key piece in a solid marketing plan is the use of forward contracting. While it wouldn’t be advisable to sell 100% of your operation’s expected crop, there can be a lot of value in locking in a price on a percentage of what you intend to raise.
Explanation of Contracts: Accumulator
Your Garden City Co-op Grain Team has the ability to customize a variety of over-the-counter (OTC) products to fit your operation’s grain marketing needs. One of the contracts that we offer is an accumulator.
Planting & Your Marketing Plan
Winter is a great time to reflect on grain marketing from the previous year and plan ahead for the year to come. With current market volatility and higher-than-historic cash prices, it is more important than ever to have a marketing plan.
Garden City Co-op, Inc. Announces New Shuttle Loader Facility Near Holcomb
Facility to bring additional marketing opportunities for grain customers and future industry development benefiting Western Kansas.
Inside The Co-op: Grain Originators
In this newest installment of "Inside the Co-op", we take a look at what a Grain Originator does here at the co-op by speaking to one of our grain originators based out of the Dighton area.
A Grain Contract That Releases You From Verified Crop Failure? We've Got That!
Weather shouldn't add to your market volatility stress. GCC's Alpine Pro Contract is unique in offering a provision that allows a farmer to be released from the contract in cases of verified crop failure.
Forward Thinking_June 2022
Grain marketing, it’s tough. So many factors play into the pricing of a farmer’s crop. Factors like input costs, energy costs, freight costs, irrigation costs (or lack thereof), and emotion. Added to farmer factors, the market factors can add to the stress of grain pricing; things like exports, war, inflation, politics, weather, time, and the list goes on and on. So, what does the producer do? We have a few suggestions to help ease stress and risk when it comes to grain marketing.
Why Russia and Ukraine Matter to U.S. Ag
As U.S. troops are mobilized for overseas placement to places like Poland and Germany, many Americans have been left wondering why the issue matters to the U.S. and to U.S. agriculture. The U.S. could be in for a ride if Ukraine and Russia don’t make nice.
Planting & Your Marketing Plan
As you make plans and preparations for how to succeed at getting your crop in the ground, it is equally important to be planning for how to succeed at selling it. A solid grain marketing plan is a critical piece to consider as you look forward to the coming growing season.
Alpine Pro Corn Contract
Weather shouldn't add to your market volatility stress. GCC's Alpine Pro Contract is unique in offering a provision that allows a farmer to be released from the contract in cases of verified crop failure.
The Value of Target Orders
In volatile, fast-moving market conditions, consider target orders to price your grain at desired levels.
Creating Your Winning Marketing Plan
It is never too early or too late to start planning ahead for the year to come. With current market volatility and higher-than-historic cash prices, it’s more important than ever to have a marketing plan.
Basis and Hedge-To-Arrive Contracts: What's The Difference?
Your Garden City Co-op offers a variety of contracts to suit your grain marketing needs. Two of these include basis contracts and hedge-to-arrive (HTA) contracts. Which should you choose? We explain each and when either might make sense depending on your risk management needs.
New Grain Offering: Camelina
Interested in new profit opportunities for your fallow ground? Sustainable Oils is offering contracts for camelina production for the 2021 growing season. (The Garden City Co-op has seed and a delivery point available.) Click for details.
Michael Wisner Named New Vice President of Grain at the Garden City Co-op, Inc.
The Garden City Co-op, Inc. is pleased to announce the hire of Michael Wisner as the new Vice President of Grain.
It's Harvest Time! Are You Getting The Most Out Of Our Patron Access?
The Patron Access gives you a look at your current bushels you have at the elevators, your tickets and your active contracts as well as other helpful forms.
Spider Mites in Corn
You've got this far in the growing season with your crops. But spider mites are now in our area and they can be detrimental and wreak havoc on your crops. Why chance giving up NEARLY 40% OF YOUR YIELDS * (with infestations unchecked) to BUGS?
Important Wheat Harvest Information
With wheat harvest upon us and coronavirus test numbers rising in some counties and falling in others we will continue to conduct our business as we have these last few months. Here is how that will look like for our scale houses and offices.
Grain Team Unveils New Rare Grain Contract
The Garden City Co-op Grain Team is excited to bring you the newest offering, The Summit Max Contract, a rare opportunity to capture the market's high each day no matter what time it hits. Hurry! Enrollment ends Wednesday April 29th at 5 PM. Find out more in the link.