Local bid for physical grain
What a local market is bidding for corn, soybeans, wheat, or sorghum in the latest published public data.
Grain Brief app is live for iOS and Android
GrainBrief gives co-op purchasing managers and ag teams a plain-English weekly read on bids, basis, input costs, and weather risk so the next supplier, elevator, lender, or customer conversation starts with better questions.
| 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 |
Sample evidence: Source: named public agencies above · As of: May 5, 2026 · Region: U.S. Corn Belt example · Units: USD per short ton, gallon, or bag · Freshness: archived sample · Coverage: illustrative workflow, not a current local quote.
GrainBrief is building the annual Ag Input Price Report around fertilizer, chemical, diesel, cash bid, futures, basis, weather, export, and river logistics signals. The public preview gives farm media, co-op associations, extension economists, and buyers a clean place to request the early read.
Seasonal leverage windows, regional pressure, and buyer-friendly context for citations and newsletter coverage.
Local hook County Input SnapshotGive a buyer, farmer, co-op, or ag reporter a county-level sheet instead of a generic product pitch.
Partner kit Ag Media Partner KitDigital-first resource posts, state landing pages, report excerpts, and tracked partner links for ag newsletters, podcasts, radio, and state farm media.
The current app and website stay intact. Farm Signal OS adds a profile, memory, and planning-agent workflow on top of the 44-stream North American source stack so farmers, co-ops, and ag suppliers see what changed, why it matters, and what to do next.
GrainBrief is opening a farmer-direct pilot alongside the co-op buyer workflow. Farmers can track fertilizer, chemical, diesel, cash bid, futures reference, and basis pressure in one LOCK / HOLD / NEGOTIATE read.
GrainBrief does not flatten daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal feeds into a vague live label. It watches USDA AMS, NASS, FAS, FGIS, AgTransport, FRED, EIA, CFTC, NOAA/NWS, NASA POWER, USGS, state extension budgets, STB rail service, USACE navigation notices, Federal Register policy notices, WASDE/PSD, Statistics Canada, AAFC crop reports, and Canadian Grain Commission statistics, then labels cadence, latest successful pulls, cash bids, futures references, basis, source coverage, and agency limits so buyers know when a signal is operating intelligence and when it is a slower benchmark.
Configured does not mean healthy. Zero-row, failed, stale, and missing runs are reported separately by the live status API. Public feeds can revise, delay, or go unavailable.
GrainBrief separates the three numbers instead of burying them in one market line. Each value is labeled, dated, and tied back to the source update rhythm so a buyer can scan it quickly.
What a local market is bidding for corn, soybeans, wheat, or sorghum in the latest published public data.
Nearby contract reference from USDA AgTransport data. It is useful context, not a real-time trading feed.
Positive basis means local cash is above the futures reference. Negative basis means local cash is below it.
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 44 source-health streams automatically, then label which releases are fresh operating signals, which are slower benchmarks, which are Canadian official-market context, and which are derived margins.
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 $149/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 | from $1,428 | $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.
Create an account free, then activate alerts or a scorecard plan in Stripe when you are ready.
| Feature | Alerts | Starter | Growth | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markets tracked | 12 standard | 10 custom | 30 custom | Unlimited |
| Email price alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weekly PDF scorecard | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| USDA NASS + AMS data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FRED economic overlay | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom alert rules | — | — | 10 | Unlimited |
| CSV import | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Team members | 1 | 2 | 5 | Unlimited |
| Historical archive | — | — | — | 36 months |
| Custom org logo | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Slack delivery | — | — | — | ✓ |
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