Investing in your grain business


Our operations are designed to move yours forward

Southeast Farmers Cooperative grain locations are positioned to access local and global corn and soybean markets, providing our members with competitive bids and modern facilities. 

Our shuttle loader on the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad in Elk Point gives us access to export markets that would otherwise be unavailable. And our South Dakota locations near soybean crushing plants and corn processors allows us to take advantage of local markets when prices are right.

We communicate regularly with our grain customers to make sure we understand their objectives and meet their needs. Whether you need grain contracts, on-farm grain pick up or just another opinion, we’re here for you.  

Talk to our grain team and discover why a partnership with us quickly pays dividends.

Continually Improving Our Facilities

As a farmer-owned cooperative, we look to make investments that contribute to the success of your farming business. Time is money when you’re moving grain, and it’s important to get in, get out and get back to work. 

We’ve made numerous investments in recent years to improve speed and storage at our elevators. This allows us to handle tens of thousands of bushels per hour and store millions of bushels. 

  • We recently upgraded our speed at our terminal in Elk Point to 35,000 bushels/hour. During harvest we also pile grain with two, 25,000 bushel-per-hour conveyors. This brings our dump capacity to 85,000 bushels/hour during harvest.
  • We updated our facility in Beresford, increasing dump speed to 27,000 bushels of soybeans per hour. Corn has increased to 28k/hour.  
  • We have added 1.2 million bushels of bunker storage in Centerville, and the conveyor that feeds it operates at 15,000 bushels/hour.

Grain Contracts

When it comes to grain marketing, it’s best to sell when you want to, not when you need to. But that takes planning and an understanding of your breakeven and potential profit margins. 

We can help with grain contracts that allow you to price bushels ahead to capitalize on opportunities. For example, consider pricing grain at the same time you prepay fertilizer contracts to lock in some margin.  

Southeast Farmers offers you many avenues to price bushels, including cash contracts, basis, basis premium, price builder bonus, min/max and min/max/average.  

With these contracts, you can establish a minimum price, while leaving potential for upside participation should the market move higher after you price some bushels. 

We recommend you be proactive with your grain marketing rather than just taking what you can get. For information on these contracts and others, or any other questions, please reach out to our grain team.


Market Commentary

 

Morning Highlights  7.1.25
Jul 01, 2025

Highlights

  • This morning there is an area of rain that stretches from NW Ohio across Indiana and into southern Illinois. There are also scattered areas of light rain in...
Morning Highlights 06.30.25
Jun 30, 2025

Highlights

  • Today at 11:00 central the USDA will release the Quarterly Grain Stocks and the Planted Acres reports. (Estimates are below).
  • This morning there is a large area of rain tha...
Morning Highlights 6.27.2025
Jun 27, 2025

Highlights

  • U.S. Secretary of Commerce Lutnick says the U.S. and China signed an agreement on Tuesday that formalizes an understanding that U.S. countermeasures will be removed when China resumes rare e...
Afternoon Highlights 7.1.25
Jul 01, 2025

Highlights

  • The President Trump backed spending and tax-cut bill passed the Senate today. Vice President Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. The bill now moves back to the House of Representatives.
  • Updated GFS weat...
Afternoon Highlights 6.30.25
Jun 30, 2025

Highlights

The much-anticipated June 30 USDA Acreage and quarterly grain stocks report was released today. The surprise was that there were no major surprises in today’s report, and markets post-report reflected this.<...

Afternoon Highlights 6.25.2025
Jun 25, 2025

Highlights

The grain markets took another blow to the stomach, with soybeans falling around 20 cents lower, followed by wheat and corn into negative territory. It’s hard to find any bullish news to lift these grains fo...

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Grain Policy 2024

Click to download the current Southeast Farmers Coop Grain Policy document in PDF format.

Discount Schedule

Click to download the current Southeast Farmers Discount Schedule document in PDF format.

Harvest Special Hours


  • Monday

    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

    Tuesday

    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

    Wednesday

    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

    Thursday

    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

    Friday

    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

    Saturday

    Closed

    Sunday

    Closed

    Phone
    605.253.6150

Grain Staff