# Grain Brief — Ag Market Decision Layer

> Ag Market Decision Layer (iPhone/iPad app by Joshua Frost.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grain-brief/id6776357445 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Joshua Frost](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892695619)
- Category: Business
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 27 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-16
- Data updated: 2026-08-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grain-brief/id6776357445/reviews.md

## What is Grain Brief?

Grain Brief gives farmers and ag teams a field-ready read on bids, basis, input costs, weather risk, and market pressure.

Instead of another chart dump, Grain Brief focuses on the questions that matter before a pricing call:

- What changed?
- What matters?
- What deserves a question today?
- Is the signal fresh, stale, or only a slower benchmark?

The app helps translate cash bid context, basis pressure, futures-reference signals, fertilizer and crop-protection inputs, fuel, weather, crop progress, drought, acreage, trade, exports, freight, river, livestock, and source-health context into plain-English operating signals.

Signal labels include LOCK, HOLD, NEGOTIATE, and WATCH so farmers, co-ops, agronomy teams, and ag operators can quickly understand what deserves review before calling an elevator, supplier, lender, or customer.

Grain Brief is decision-support only. It does not place trades, execute transactions, or provide financial, futures trading, agronomic, chemical-label, crop-insurance, tax, legal, or procurement advice. Always confirm local bids, supplier terms, delivery, freight, labels, insurance, and professional guidance before acting.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5 — 2026-08-02

This update improves mobile market selection, location handling, signal explanation access, and plans/billing discovery. Grain Brief now supports broader U.S. and Canada state/province coverage, custom typed city fallback, easier market changes, and clearer paths to subscription options.

### 1.4 — 2026-07-21

Grain Brief 1.4 brings the full Ag Intelligence system into the app. Explore dedicated Dairy, crops and grain, livestock, inputs, weather, logistics and basis, farm economics, policy, and Canada sections with source dates and honest availability labels. This release also adds clearer notification controls and in-app account deletion.

### 1.2 — 2026-07-14

Adds GrainBrief alerts and notification preferences. Farmers and ag teams can now sign in, manage in-app, email, and push delivery, and see recent GrainBrief signal alerts inside the app.

### 1.1 — 2026-06-30

Grain Brief now reflects the expanded ag decision-layer positioning: a field-ready read on bids, basis, inputs, market pressure, source freshness, and LOCK / HOLD / NEGOTIATE / WATCH signals.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-16

No release notes.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-06.*