Fair Value Measurements (Trust)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Note 4 – Fair Value Measurements

The Trust's assets and liabilities recorded at fair value have been categorized based upon a fair value hierarchy as described in the Trust's significant accounting policies in Note 3. The following table presents information about the Trust's assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

March 31, 2016

							Balance as of
Assets:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		March 31, 2016
Cash equivalents	$	5,552,887	$	-	$	-	$	5,552,887
Commodity futures contracts
Soybean futures contracts		148,363		-		-		148,363
Sugar futures contracts		361,581		-		-		361,581
Total	$	6,062,831	$	-	$	-	$	6,062,831

							Balance as of
Liabilities:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		March 31, 2016
Commodity futures contracts
Corn futures contracts	$	4,060,650	$	-	$	-	$	4,060,650
Soybean futures contracts		26,225		-		-		26,225
Wheat futures contracts		1,527,475		-		-		1,527,475
Total	$	5,614,350	$	-	$	-	$	5,614,350

December 31, 2015
							Balance as of
Assets:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		December 31, 2015
Cash equivalents	$	2,539,641	$	-	$	-	$	2,539,641
Commodity futures contracts
Soybean futures contracts		16,175		-		-		16,175
Sugar futures contracts		364,056		-		-		364,056
Total	$	2,919,872	$	-	$	-	$	2,919,872

							Balance as of
Liabilities:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		December 31, 2015
Commodity futures contracts
Corn futures contracts	$	3,908,550	$	-	$	-	$	3,908,550
Soybean futures contracts		238,662		-		-		238,662
Wheat futures contracts		1,924,464		-		-		1,924,464
Total	$	6,071,676	$	-	$	-	$	6,071,676

For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and year ended December 31, 2015, the Funds did not have any significant transfers between any of the levels of the fair value hierarchy.

See the Fair Value - Definition and Hierarchy section in Note 3 above for an explanation of the transfers into and out of each level 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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