GrainBrief is a source-health and grain-market intelligence system for co-op buyers. It separates fresh operating signals from slower public benchmarks before a buyer locks, holds, or negotiates.
| Product | Your Price | USDA Ref | Delta | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Urea 46-0-0 Nitrogen |
$542/ton | $487/ton | +11.3% | NEGOTIATE |
|
Anhydrous NH₃ Nitrogen |
$778/ton | $762/ton | +2.1% | HOLD |
|
Glyphosate 41% Herbicide |
$18.40/gal | $19.80/gal | −7.4% | BUY |
|
DAP 18-46-0 Phosphate |
$612/ton | $563/ton | +8.9% | NEGOTIATE |
|
Corn Seed 115CRM Seed |
$289/bag | $288/bag | +0.3% | HOLD |
GrainBrief does not flatten daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal feeds into a vague live label. It tracks cadence, latest successful pulls, source coverage, and agency limits so buyers know when a signal is operating intelligence and when it is a slower benchmark.
Public feeds can revise, delay, or go unavailable. GrainBrief exposes those limits instead of hiding them.
Three steps from setup to your first scorecard. After that, it's fully automated.
Log what you're actually paying per product, per vendor. CSV import or manual entry. One-time setup takes about 10 minutes.
We pull verified market prices from three federal sources automatically — no spreadsheets, no manual subscriptions.
A graded PDF — with BUY, HOLD, or NEGOTIATE signals for every product you track — lands at 7am on the day you make purchasing decisions.
Every field is real data. No stock charts. No fluff.
| Product | Category | Your Price | USDA Reference | Delta | Trend | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urea 46-0-0 | Nitrogen | $542/ton | $487/ton | +11.3% | ↑ | NEGOTIATE |
| Anhydrous Ammonia | Nitrogen | $778/ton | $762/ton | +2.1% | → | HOLD |
| Glyphosate 41% | Herbicide | $18.40/gal | $19.80/gal | −7.4% | ↓ | BUY |
| Corn Seed (115 CRM) | Seed | $289/bag | $288/bag | +0.3% | → | HOLD |
| DAP 18-46-0 | Phosphate | $612/ton | $563/ton | +8.9% | ↑ | NEGOTIATE |
Generic market tools show price movement. GrainBrief shows whether the public feed behind a grain or input signal is fresh enough for a co-op buying conversation.
| Feature | GrainBrief from $29/mo |
Generic Market Tool broad coverage |
Spreadsheet your time |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA AMS daily grain prices | ✓ | Partial | Manual |
| Fertilizer PPI benchmarks (FRED) | ✓ | ✓ | Manual |
| Livestock margins (CFM/HFM signals) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CFTC COT managed-money positioning | ✓ | ✓ | Manual |
| Crowdsourced elevator cash bids | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Daily price digest email (6:30 AM CT) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| REST API for ERP / TMS integration | ✓ Pro | ✓ | ✗ |
| Buy/Hold/Negotiate weekly signal | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No training required | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Annual cost | $348 | $25,000 | Your time |
Multi-location co-ops, regional distributors, and enterprise ag retailers get dedicated onboarding, bulk data export, API access, and custom reporting. No-commitment data access review available for qualified organizations.
All plans include a 14-day free trial. No credit card required to start.
| Feature | Starter | Growth | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Products tracked | 10 | 40 | Unlimited |
| Weekly PDF scorecard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| USDA NASS + AMS data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FRED economic overlay | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom alert rules | — | 10 | Unlimited |
| CSV import | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | — | — | ✓ |
| Team members | 2 | 5 | Unlimited |
| Historical archive | — | — | 36 months |
| Custom org logo | — | — | ✓ |
| Slack delivery | — | — | ✓ |
Questions? Talk to our team. · Enterprise billing, purchase orders, and multi-location pricing available.
"The first week I used GrainBrief I caught that I was paying $54/ton over market on urea. Called my rep, got $38 of that back immediately. The tool paid for itself in hour one."
"We were doing this manually with USDA spreadsheets before. GrainBrief does that in minutes and packages it into something I can actually present to our board. Night and day."
"I was skeptical that any SaaS tool would understand the nuances of ag input pricing. GrainBrief does. The negotiate signals have been right on herbicides consistently."