For corn and soybean farmers

Grain marketing.
A plan for selling your crop.

Compare cash bids. Decide how much grain to sell, when to sell, and where to deliver—with your costs, storage, and cash needs in view.

Why it matters

Which cash bid works best for your farm?

A cash bid is what a local buyer offers for grain at a specified location and delivery period. Compare bids after hauling, fees, and discounts—not just the posted price. Storage and cash needs matter, too.

Know your numbers.

Your costs, expected bushels, storage, and cash needs set the starting point.

Make a selling plan.

Decide what to sell, when to deliver, and which cash bids fit your operation.

Put the plan to work.

With Cash First, MMM advises, you approve, and MMM helps execute the sale.

Know your
numbers

Plan your
sales

Approve.
Act.

How the steps work

Start with your farm. Costs, bushels, storage, and cash needs set the starting point.

Set the plan. Decide what to sell, when to deliver, and which cash bids fit.

Get help executing. With Cash First, MMM advises and helps execute the sales you approve.

Where MMM comes in

Use our tools to stay informed, get a selling framework, or work with a Cash First advisor to plan and execute the sales you approve.

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Optional reading

A closer look at the pieces.

You do not need to master every term before talking with us.

Your local bid

Cash bids + basis

See how the futures price and local basis combine into a cash bid.

Read the cash-price guide →

Futures + Basis

The cost of waiting

Storage + carry

Compare potential price improvement with the cost of holding grain.

Read the storage guide →

Carry − Costs

Your operation

A selling plan

Bring costs, bushels, timing, and cash needs into one plan.

Read the planning guide →

Plan → Act

Start with your farm, not a market prediction.

Tell MMM about your next sale and the decisions you are weighing.

Talk to MMM ↗

Grain marketing.A plan for selling your crop.