2.48 Billion Bushels.
$12.4 Billion Stranded.

US corn and soybean surplus — sitting in bins, suppressing farm prices, waiting for a domestic solution.

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2.48B bu

Combined US corn + soybean ending stocks — USDA WASDE June 2026

2.14B buCorn ending stocks 2025/26

340M buSoybean ending stocks 2025/26

$12.4BCombined stranded value

80%On-farm storage capacity — record high

The Surplus Picture — 2022 to 2026

Year	Corn Ending Stocks	Soy Ending Stocks	Combined Value
2022/23	1.36B bu @ $6.54	264M bu @ $14.20	~$12.6B
2023/24	1.76B bu @ $4.55	342M bu @ $12.65	~$12.3B
2024/25	1.53B bu @ $4.24	325M bu @ $11.20	~$10.1B
2025/26 (est.)	2.14B bu @ $4.15	340M bu @ $10.40	~$12.4B
2026/27 (proj.)	1.96B bu @ $4.40	310M bu @ $11.40	~$12.1B

Source: USDA WASDE May–June 2026. Dollar values calculated at USDA season-average farm prices.

The Structural Problem

Record US harvests meet weakened export demand. The result: grain sits in bins, farm gate prices stay suppressed, and farmer equity remains stranded with no domestic outlet.

Storage at 1988-level tightness. On-farm storage hit 80% capacity — a record high. The buffer above production needs fell to 5%, vs. a historical average of 15%. The 2025 fall harvest of 21.5B bushels arrived into nearly full bins.

Soybean exports are at a 13-year low (1.51B bu in 2025/26). The export valve that historically relieved surplus pressure has partially closed — and the next harvest arrives in four months.

The Sovereignty Argument

When foreign purchase decisions — not domestic supply and demand — set US farm gate prices, American farmers are exposed to geopolitical risk they cannot hedge. Export dependency means corn prices in Iowa are partially determined by policy decisions made abroad.

Pilot C does not wait for trade diplomacy to fix this. The solution is domestic utilization at scale — converting stranded surplus into energy and soil amendment products that stay in the American economy regardless of export conditions.

The Solution — Mobile Processing

Mobile trailer micro-refineries go to the grain — no pipeline, no export terminal, no foreign approval required.

Biodiesel — surplus corn and soybean oil converted to domestic fuel at ~$1.94/gal; powers farm machinery and rural fleets
Biochar — grain residues and biomass converted to soil amendment; reduces chemical fertilizer dependency, sequesters carbon
Feed pellets — repurposed grain byproducts for livestock nutrition
No fixed infrastructure — trailers deploy to wherever grain is stranded; no CapEx commitment before revenue

Phase 1 Benchmark

Phase 1 targets an entry-point slice of the total addressable surplus — establishing proof of concept, unit economics, and the mobile deployment model before scaling.

2.48B buTotal addressable US surplus (2025/26)

$12.4BStranded farmer equity at USDA prices

MobileTrailers deploy to grain — no fixed site

FFVCoin Integration

Grain processed through Pilot C mobile units is tokenized as FFVCoin assets — biodiesel output, biochar credits, and feed product forward contracts. Token values are backed by verified physical output, not speculation.

CEU token holders receive yield from processed grain output
Farmer patrons target to retain >>51% operational control — FFVCoin is a financing and processing partner, not an acquirer
Foundation holds RDTESG mandate: simulation modeling, yield verification, audit trail

Foundation Credentials

Led by Roger Bernhardt — BSEE, DARPA/AFRL Principal Investigator, contributor to over $80M in federal contract awards at Boeing, 35 US patents, 75,000 miles/year agricultural field experience. FFVCoin-org Foundation: EIN 41-4807034, IRS 501(c)(3) approved.

Pilot C — feedback shapes the launch.

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