CFTC CODE NO. 

 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION OMB No. 3038-0009

STATEMENT OF CASH POSITIONS IN GRAINS, 

SOYBEANS, SOYBEAN OIL, AND SOYBEAN MEAL Report as of close of business Friday (DATE) 

 

NOTICE: Failure to file a report required by the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder, or the filing of a false report, may 

be basis for administrative action under 7 U.S.C. Section 9, and may be punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 7 U.S.C. Section 

13, or 18 U.S.C. Section 1001. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 minutes per response, 

including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this, to Agency Clearance Officer, Office of General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 

1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

PART 1: FIXED-PRICE CASH POSITIONS IN TERMS OF COMMODITY FOR FUTURE DELIVERY 

Report all quantities in thousand bushels, i.e., 000 omitted. Show products and byproducts in terms of ‘000-bushel equivalents. 

If you have no cash position, write “None” on the form and return it to CFTC. 

FUTURES LONG CASH SHORT CASH 

MARKET 

USED FOR 

HEDGING 

CASH COMMODITY 

HEDGED IN 

FUTURES 

(1) STOCKS 

OWNED 

‘000 Bushels 

(2) PURCHASE 

COMMITMENTS 

‘000 Bushels 

(3) TOTAL 

LONG 

‘000 Bushels 

(4) SALES 

COMMITMENTS

‘000 Bushels 

Wheat 

Wheat Products (in ‘000 bu. equiv.) 

Other* WHEAT 

Total 

Corn 

Corn Products (in ‘000 bu. equiv.) 

Other* CORN 

Total 

Oats 

Oat Products (in ‘000 bu. equiv.) 

Other* OATS 

Total 

Beans 

Oil & Oil Products (in ‘000 bu. equiv.) 

Meal & Meal Products (in ‘000 bu. equiv.) 

Other* 

SOYBEANS 

SOYBEAN OIL 

SOYBEAN MEAL 

Total 

Grain (same as futures) 

Products (of same futures (in ‘000 bu. equiv.) 

Other* 

(OTHER 

FUTURES 

MARKET) Total 

* Use “Other” to identify commodities you are cross hedging. Show quantities in 1,000-bushel equivalents of the commodity futures being used for 

hedging and complete Part II to show the quantities in terms of the actual commodity 

PART II: FIXED-PRICE CASH POSITIONS FOR CROSS HEDGES IN TERMS OF ACTUAL CASH COMMODITY 

FUTURES LONG CASH SHORT CASH 

MARKET 

USED FOR 

HEDGING 

CASH COMMODITY 

(Specify Commodity or Product) 

UNITS 

(Specify Tons, 

Cwt., Lbs., Bu., 

Etc.) 

STOCK 

OWNED 

(1) 

PURCHASE 

COMMITMENTS

(2) 

SALE 

COMMITMENTS

(3) 

 

FURTHER EXPLANATION/CORRECTION OF PREVIOUS REPORTS 

CFTC Form 204 (10-00) 

Previous Editions Obsolete 

 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING AND FILING REPORTS ON CFTC FORM 204 

(See Regulations Under the Commodity Exchange Act) 

WHO SHOULD REPORT: (1) All persons (individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, 

or trusts) holding or controlling positions for future delivery that are reportable pursuant to regulation 

15.00(b)(1)(ii) and any part of which constitute bona fide hedging positions as defined in regulation 1.3(z). 

(2) All persons holding or controlling positions for future delivery that are reportable pursuant to regulation 

15.00(b)(1)(i) who have received a special call from the Commission or its designee, as specified in 

regulation 19.00(a)(3). 

WHEN TO REPORT: Report monthly as of the close of business on the last Friday of the month. 

Reports must be received in the Commission’s Chicago office not later than the third business day 

following the Friday date of the report. To ensure receipt of the report by its due date, either transmit the 

report by facsimile or report the information contained on the form to the Commission by telephone and 

mail the report, post-marked not later than midnight of its due date. Filings made in response to a special 

call under regulation 19.00(a)(3) shall be made within one business day of that call unless otherwise 

specified in the call. 

WHERE TO REPORT: The CFTC Central Region, Market Information, 525 West Monroe Street, 

Suite 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60661 (telephone: (312) 596-0700, facsimile: (312) 596-0711), unless 

otherwise specifically authorized by the Commission or its designee. 

WHAT TO REPORT: For each commodity futures contract in which you hold a position as 

specified above, you must report the following: 

Part I. Report in thousands of bushels the entire quantity of cash stocks owned and open fixedprice cash purchases and cash sales of the commodity and its products and byproducts. (Report 

products and byproducts in terms of 1000-bushel equivalents.) When reportable in soybean futures, 

soybean oil futures, or soybean meal futures, show the cash positions of soybeans, soybean oil, and

soybean meal. If it is your practice to exclude certain source commodities, products, or byproducts in 

determining your cash positions for bona fide hedging, they should be excluded from the CFTC Form 204 

report. 

If you are “cross hedging,” report the cash commodity hedged in 1000-bushel equivalents in the 

space labeled “Other” under the futures market used for hedging (for example, if you are cross hedging 

cash milo in corn futures, convert your milo cash position to 1000-bushel equivalents of corn and report it 

on the “Other” line of the CORN section.) If you are cross hedging, you must also complete Part II of this 

report. 

Part II. If you included “cross-hedged” cash commodities in Part 1 of this report, you must also 

report the entire quantity of stocks owned and open fixed-price purchases and sales of the commodity 

you are cross hedging in terms of the actual commodity (for example, show your milo cash position in 

terms of actual quantities of milo). Specify the futures market in which you are hedging. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS: Use standards and conversion factors usual and common to your 

business. 

If you own no stocks and have no fixed-price cash position, indicate by writing “None.” 

If inter-company or inter-office purchases and sales of cash grain are included in your fixed-price 

cash grain positions, they must be separately identified as such in a footnote at the bottom of the report, 

showing for each related company or office the quantities of grain or grain products involved.