Fair Value Measurements (Corn)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Note 4 – Fair Value Measurements

The Fund's assets and liabilities recorded at fair value have been categorized based upon a fair value hierarchy as described in the Fund's significant accounting policies in Note 3. The following table presents information about the Fund's assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

December 31, 2015

							Balance as of
Assets:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		December 31, 2015
Cash equivalents	$	899,313	$	-	$	-	$	899,313

							Balance as of
Liabilities:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		December 31, 2015
Corn futures contracts	$	3,908,550	$	-	$	-	$	3,908,550

December 31, 2014

							Balance as of
Assets:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		December 31, 2014
Cash equivalents	$	106,858,496	$	-	$	-	$	106,858,496
Corn futures contracts		3,651,637		-		-		3,651,637
Total	$	110,510,133	$	-	$	-	$	110,510,133

							Balance as of
Liabilities:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		December 31, 2014
Corn futures contracts	$	1,899,925	$	-	$	-	$	1,899,925

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Fund did not have any significant transfers between any of the levels of the fair value hierarchy.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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