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TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010
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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) at June 30, 2011
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Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the three and six months ending June 30, 2011 and from commencement of operations (June 9, 2010) through June 30, 2010
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) for the six months ending June 30, 2011 and from commencement of operations (June 9, 2010) through June 30, 2010
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Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and from commencement of operations (June 9, 2010) through June 30, 2010
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Notes to Financial Statements
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TEUCRIUM CORN FUND
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010
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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) at June 30, 2011
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Statements of Operations (Unaudited) ) for the three and six months ending June 30, 2011 and from commencement of operations (June 9, 2010) through June 30, 2010
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) for the six months ending June 30, 2011 and from commencement of operations (June 9, 2010) through June 30, 2010
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Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the six months ending June 30, 2011 and from commencement of operations (June 9, 2010) through June 30, 2010
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Notes to Financial Statements
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TEUCRIUM NATURAL GAS FUND
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010
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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) at June 30, 2011
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Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the three months ending June 30, 2011 and from commencement of operations (February 1, 2011) through June 30, 2011
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) from commencement of operations (February 1, 2011) through June 30, 2011
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Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited) from commencement of operations (February 1, 2011) through June 30, 2011
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Notes to Financial Statements
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TEUCRIUM WTI CRUDE OIL FUND
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010
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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) at June 30, 2011
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Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the three months ending June 30, 2011 and from commencement of operations (February 23, 2011) through June 30, 2011
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) from commencement of operations (February 23, 2011) through June 30, 2011
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Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited) from commencement of operations (February 23, 2011) through June 30, 2011
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Notes to Financial Statements
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TEUCRIUM SOYBEAN FUND
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010
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Notes to Statements of Assets and Liabilities
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TEUCRIUM SUGAR FUND
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010
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Notes to Statements of Assets and Liabilities
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TEUCRIUM WHEAT FUND
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010
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Notes to Statements of Assets and Liabilities
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TEUCRIUM AGRICULTURAL FUND
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
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Assets
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Equity in BNY Mellon trading accounts:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ | 125,568,864 | $ | 39,311,038 | ||||
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Commodity futures contracts
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882,983 | 5,178,219 | ||||||
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Receivable for shares sold
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4,232,535 | - | ||||||
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Collateral, due from broker
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3,499,478 | - | ||||||
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Interest receivable
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5,576 | 5,246 | ||||||
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Other assets
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471,254 | 12,526 | ||||||
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Total assets
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134,660,690 | 44,507,029 | ||||||
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Liabilities
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Commodity futures contracts
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6,189,554 | - | ||||||
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Collateral, due to broker
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- | 1,496,045 | ||||||
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Management fee payable to Sponsor
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112,288 | 34,328 | ||||||
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Other liabilities
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150,486 | 12,217 | ||||||
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Total liabilities
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6,452,328 | 1,542,590 | ||||||
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Net assets
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$ | 128,208,362 | $ | 42,964,439 | ||||
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Percentage of
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Notional
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Description: Asset
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Value
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Net Assets
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Amount
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Commodity futures contracts
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United States corn futures contracts
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CBOT corn futures (1,512 contracts, settlement date December 14, 2012)
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$ | 854,489 | 0.67 | % | $ | 44,377,200 | ||||||
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Commodity futures contracts
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United States natural gas futures contracts
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NYMEX natural gas futures (12 contracts, settlement date March 28, 2012)
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15,472 | 0.01 | 561,240 | |||||||||
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United States WTI crude oil futures contracts
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WTI crude oil futures (17 contracts, settlement date November 16, 2012)
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13,022 | 0.01 | 1,714,620 | |||||||||
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Total commodity futures contracts : assets
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$ | 882,983 | 0.69 | % | $ | 46,653,060 | ||||||
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Principal
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Cash equivalents
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$ | 9,999,940 | 7.80 | % | $ | 10,000,000 | ||||||
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Dreyfus Cash Management Plus
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$ | 125,568,464 | 97.94 | % | ||||||||
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Percentage of
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Notional
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Description: Liability
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Value
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Net Assets
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CBOT corn futures (1,382 contracts, settlement date September 14, 2011)
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$ | 1,715,388 | 1.34 | % | $ | 41,218,150 | ||||||
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CBOT corn futures (1,220 contracts, settlement date December 14, 2011)
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Total United States corn futures contracts
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Commodity futures contracts
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United States natural gas futures contracts
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NYMEX natural gas futures (12 contracts, settlement date September 28, 2011)
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23,928 | 0.02 | 531,840 | |||||||||
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NYMEX natural gas futures (12 contracts, settlement date October 27, 2011)
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25,848 | 0.02 | 546,360 | |||||||||
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NYMEX natural gas futures (11 contracts, settlement date February 27, 2012)
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22,704 | 0.02 | 526,900 | |||||||||
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Total United States natural gas futures contracts
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Commodity futures contracts
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United States WTI crude oil futures contracts
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WTI crude oil futures (17 contracts, settlement date November 18, 2011)
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56,666 | 0.04 | 1,658,010 | |||||||||
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WTI crude oil futures (15 contracts, settlement date May 22, 2012)
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121,695 | 0.10 | 1,498,650 | |||||||||
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Total United States WTI crude oil futures contracts
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178,361 | 0.14 | 3,156,660 | |||||||||
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Total commodity futures contracts: liability
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$ | 6,189,554 | 4.83 | % | $ | 81,542,910 | ||||||
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Realized and unrealized gain on trading of commodity futures contracts:
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Realized gain on commodity futures contracts
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$ | 2,164,207 | $ | 5,531,752 | $ | 980 | ||||||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on commodity futures contracts
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(14,872,239 | ) | (10,484,790 | ) | 204,495 | |||||||
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Interest income
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Total income
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Expenses
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Management fee
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Professional fees
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Distribution and marketing fee
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196,039 | 296,104 | 6,230 | |||||||||
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Custodian fees and expenses
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96,631 | 162,468 | 7,787 | |||||||||
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Brokerage commissions
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Other expenses
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56,026 | 97,399 | 3,442 | |||||||||
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Total expenses
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Net (loss) income
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$ | (13,521,099 | ) | $ | (6,251,980 | ) | $ | 177,531 | ||||
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From the commencement
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Six Months Ended
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Operations
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Net (loss) income
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$ | (6,251,980 | ) | $ | 177,531 | |||
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Capital transactions
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Issuance of Shares
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97,785,160 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
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Redemption of Shares
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Total capital transactions
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Net change in net assets
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85,243,923 | 5,177,531 | ||||||
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Net assets, beginning of period
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42,964,439 | 100 | ||||||
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Net assets, end of period
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$ | 128,208,362 | $ | 5,177,631 | ||||
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From the commencement
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Six Months Ended
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of operations (June 9, 2010)
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June 30, 2011
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Cash flows from operating activities:
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Net (loss) income
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$ | (6,251,980 | ) | $ | 177,531 | |||
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Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities:
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Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on commodity futures contracts
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
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Collateral, due from broker
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(3,499,478 | ) | (481,410 | ) | ||||
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Interest receivable
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(330 | ) | (609 | ) | ||||
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Other assets
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(458,728 | ) | - | |||||
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Collateral, due to broker
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(1,496,045 | ) | - | |||||
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Management fee payable to Sponsor
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77,960 | 3,084 | ||||||
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Other liabilities
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138,269 | 25,469 | ||||||
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Net cash used in operating activities
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Cash flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds from sale of Shares, net of receivable for shares sold
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93,552,625 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
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Redemption of Shares
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Net cash provided by financing activities
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87,263,368 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
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Net change in cash and cash equivalents
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86,257,826 | 4,519,570 | ||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
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39,311,038 | 100 | ||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
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$ | 125,568,864 | $ | 4,519,670 | ||||
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Balance
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Commodity futures contracts
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Corn futures contracts
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854,489 | - | - | 854,489 | ||||||||||||
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Natural gas futures contracts
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15,472 | - | - | 15,472 | ||||||||||||
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Oil futures contracts
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13,022 | - | - | 13,022 | ||||||||||||
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Total commodity futures contracts
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Total
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$ | 126,451,447 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 126,451,447 | ||||||||
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Balance
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as of
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Level 3
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Liabilities:
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Corn futures contracts
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$ | - | $ | (5,938,713 | ) | $ | - | $ | (5,938,713 | ) | ||||||
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Natural gas futures contracts
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(72,480 | ) | - | - | (72,480 | ) | ||||||||||
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Oil futures contracts
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(178,361 | ) | - | - | (178,361 | ) | ||||||||||
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Total commodity futures contracts
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$ | (250,841 | ) | $ | (5,938,713 | ) | $ | - | $ | (6,189,554 | ) | |||||
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Balance
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as of
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Cash equivalents
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$ | 39,310,538 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 39,310,538 | ||||||||
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Corn futures contracts
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Total
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$ | 44,488,757 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 44,488,757 | ||||||||
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Transfers
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Transfers
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Transfers
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Transfers
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Transfers
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Transfers
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out of
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into
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out of
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into
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out of
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Level 2
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Level 3
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Derivative contracts
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Corn future contracts
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$ | 9,140,288 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 9,140,288 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||
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Transfers
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Transfers
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Transfers
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Transfers
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Transfers
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Transfers
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out of
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into
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out of
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into
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out of
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Level 3
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Liabilities (at fair value)
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Derivative contracts
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Corn future contracts
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$ | - | $ | 5,938,713 | $ | 5,938,713 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||
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Primary underlying risk
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Asset derivatives
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Liability derivatives
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Net derivatives
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Commodity price
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Corn futures contracts
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$ | 854,489 | $ | (5,938,713 | ) | $ | (5,084,224 | ) | ||||
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Natural gas futures contracts
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15,472 | (72,480 | ) | (57,008 | ) | |||||||
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Oil futures contracts
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13,022 | (178,361 | ) | (165,339 | ) | |||||||
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Total
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$ | 882,983 | $ | (6,189,554 | ) | $ | (5,306,571 | ) | ||||
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Primary underlying risk
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Asset derivatives
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Commodity price
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Corn futures contracts
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$ | 5,178,219 | ||
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Realized gain (loss) on
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Net change in unrealized loss
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Primary underlying risk
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derivative instruments
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on derivative instruments
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Commodity price
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Corn futures contracts
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$ | 1,989,590 | $ | (14,224,512 | ) | |||
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Natural gas futures contracts
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(3,752 | ) | (100,528 | ) | ||||
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Oil futures contracts
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178,369 | (547,199 | ) | |||||
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Total
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$ | 2,164,207 | $ | (14,872,239 | ) | |||
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Realized gain (loss) on
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Net change in unrealized loss
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Primary underlying risk
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derivative instruments
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on derivative instruments
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Commodity price
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Corn futures contracts
|
$ | 5,675,823 | $ | (10,262,443 | ) | |||
|
Natural gas futures contracts
|
(327,940 | ) | (57,008 | ) | ||||
|
Oil futures contracts
|
183,869 | (165,339 | ) | |||||
|
Total
|
$ | 5,531,752 | $ | (10,484,790 | ) | |||
|
Realized gain (loss) on
|
Net change in unrealized gain
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
derivative instruments
|
on derivative instruments
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Corn futures contracts
|
$ | 980 | $ | 204,495 | ||||
|
Long exposure
|
||||||||
|
Notional
|
Number
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
amounts
|
of contracts
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Corn futures contracts
|
$ | 121,158,350 | 4,114 | |||||
|
Natural gas futures contracts
|
2,166,340 | 47 | ||||||
|
Oil futures contracts
|
4,871,280 | 49 | ||||||
|
Total
|
$ | 128,195,970 | 4,210 | |||||
|
Long exposure
|
||||||||
|
|
Notional
|
Number
|
||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
amounts
|
of contracts
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Corn futures contracts
|
$ | 42,979,000 | 1,411 | |||||
|
June 30, 2011
|
December 31, 2010
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Equity in BNY Mellon trading accounts:
|
||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$ | 119,176,514 | $ | 39,310,538 | ||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
854,489 | 5,178,219 | ||||||
|
Receivable for shares sold
|
4,232,535 | - | ||||||
|
Collateral, due from broker
|
2,712,646 | - | ||||||
|
Interest receivable
|
5,231 | 5,246 | ||||||
|
Other assets
|
263,391 | 12,526 | ||||||
|
Total assets
|
127,244,806 | 44,506,529 | ||||||
|
Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
5,938,713 | - | ||||||
|
Collateral, due to broker
|
- | 1,496,045 | ||||||
|
Management fee payable to Sponsor
|
108,267 | 34,328 | ||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
23,327 | 12,217 | ||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
6,070,307 | 1,542,590 | ||||||
|
Net assets
|
$ | 121,174,499 | $ | 42,963,939 | ||||
|
Shares outstanding
|
3,000,004 | 1,100,004 | ||||||
|
Net asset value per share
|
$ | 40.39 | $ | 39.06 | ||||
|
Market value per share (closing price)
|
$ | 40.50 | $ | 39.01 | ||||
|
Fair
|
Percentage of
|
Notional
|
||||||||||
|
Description: Asset
|
Value
|
Net Assets
|
Amount
|
|||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
United States corn futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
CBOT corn futures (1,512 contracts, settlement date December 14, 2012)
|
$
|
854,489
|
0.71
|
%
|
$
|
44,377,200
|
||||||
|
Principal
|
||||||||||||
|
Amount
|
||||||||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
||||||||||||
|
United States Treasury obligations
|
||||||||||||
|
U.S. Treasury bills, 0.05%, due July 21, 2011
|
$
|
9,999,940
|
8.25
|
%
|
$
|
10,000,000
|
||||||
|
U.S. Treasury bills, 0.03%, due August 18, 2011
|
9,999,930
|
8.25
|
10,000,000
|
|||||||||
|
Total U.S. Treasury obligations
|
19,999,870
|
16.50
|
||||||||||
|
Money market funds
|
||||||||||||
|
Dreyfus Cash Management Plus
|
99,176,644
|
81.85
|
||||||||||
|
Total cash equivalents
|
$
|
119,176,514
|
98.35
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Fair
|
Percentage of
|
Notional
|
|||||||||||
|
Description: Liability
|
Value
|
Net Assets
|
Amount
|
||||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
|||||||||||||
|
United States corn futures contracts
|
|||||||||||||
|
CBOT corn futures (1,382 contracts, settlement date September 14, 2011)
|
$ | 1,715,388 | 1.42 | % | $ | 41,218,150 | |||||||
|
CBOT corn futures (1,220 contracts, settlement date December 14, 2011)
|
4,223,325 | 3.48 | 35,563,000 | ||||||||||
| $ | 5,938,713 | 4.90 | % | $ | 76,781,150 | ||||||||
|
From the commencement
|
||||||||||||
|
of operations (June 9, 2010)
|
||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | through | ||||||||||
|
June 30, 2011
|
June 30, 2011
|
June 30, 2010
|
||||||||||
|
Income
|
||||||||||||
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on trading of commodity futures contracts:
|
||||||||||||
|
Realized gain on commodity futures contracts
|
$ | 1,989,590 | $ | 5,675,823 | $ | 980 | ||||||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation
|
||||||||||||
|
or depreciation on commodity futures
|
||||||||||||
|
contracts
|
(14,224,512 | ) | (10,262,443 | ) | 204,495 | |||||||
|
Interest income
|
18,238 | 38,720 | 609 | |||||||||
|
Total (loss) income
|
(12,216,684 | ) | (4,547,900 | ) | 206,084 | |||||||
|
Expenses
|
||||||||||||
|
Management fee
|
284,223 | 438,468 | 3,084 | |||||||||
|
Professional fees
|
93,057 | 183,795 | 8,010 | |||||||||
|
Distribution and marketing fee
|
137,329 | 206,427 | 6,230 | |||||||||
|
Custodian fees and expenses
|
32,211 | 64,067 | 7,787 | |||||||||
|
Brokerage commissions
|
22,326 | 30,418 | - | |||||||||
|
Other expenses
|
27,336 | 53,576 | 3,442 | |||||||||
|
Total expenses
|
596,482 | 976,751 | 28,553 | |||||||||
|
Net (loss) income
|
$ | (12,813,166 | ) | $ | (5,524,651 | ) | $ | 177,531 | ||||
|
Net (loss) income per share
|
$ | (3.87 | ) | $ | 1.33 | $ | 0.89 | |||||
|
Net (loss) income per weighted average share
|
$ | (5.05 | ) | $ | (2.73 | ) | $ | 0.89 | ||||
|
Weighted average shares outstanding
|
2,537,367 | 2,026,523 | 200,004 | |||||||||
|
From the commencement
|
||||||||
|
Six Months Ended
|
of operations (June 9, 2010)
|
|||||||
|
June 30, 2011
|
through June 30, 2010
|
|||||||
|
Operations
|
||||||||
|
Net loss
|
$ | (5,524,651 | ) | $ | 177,531 | |||
|
Capital transactions
|
||||||||
|
Issuance of Shares
|
87,785,060 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
|
Redemption of Shares
|
(4,049,849 | ) | - | |||||
|
Total capital
|
83,735,211 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
|
Net change in net assets
|
78,210,560 | 5,177,531 | ||||||
|
Net assets, beginning of period
|
42,963,939 | 100 | ||||||
|
Net assets, end of period
|
$ | 121,174,499 | $ | 5,177,631 | ||||
|
Net asset value per share
|
||||||||
|
At beginning of period
|
$ | 39.06 | $ | 25.00 | ||||
|
At end of period
|
$ | 40.39 | $ | 25.89 | ||||
|
Six Months Ended
|
From the commencement
of operations (June 9, 2010)
|
|||||||
|
June 30, 2011
|
through June 30, 2010
|
|||||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Net (loss) income
|
$ | (5,524,651 | ) | $ | 177,531 | |||
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on commodity futures contracts
|
10,262,443 | (204,495 | ) | |||||
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Collateral, due from broker
|
(2,712,646 | ) | (481,410 | ) | ||||
|
Interest receivable
|
15 | (609 | ) | |||||
|
Other assets
|
(250,865 | ) | - | |||||
|
Collateral, due to broker
|
(1,496,045 | ) | - | |||||
|
Management fee payable to Sponsor
|
73,939 | 3,084 | ||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
11,110 | 25,469 | ||||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
363,300 | (480,430 | ) | |||||
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds from sale of Shares, net of receivable for shares sold
|
83,552,525 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
|
Redemption of Shares
|
(4,049,849 | ) | - | |||||
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
79,502,676 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
|
79,865,976 | 4,519,570 | ||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
39,310,538 | 100 | ||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
$ | 119,176,514 | $ | 4,519,670 | ||||
|
|
·
|
Taking the current market value of its total assets, and
|
|
|
·
|
Subtracting any liabilities.
|
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||
|
as of
|
||||||||||||||||
|
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
2011
|
|||||||||||||
|
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
$
|
119,176,514
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
119,176,514
|
||||||||
|
Futures contracts
|
854,489
|
-
|
-
|
854,489
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
120,031,003
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
120,031,003
|
||||||||
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||
|
as of
|
||||||||||||||||
|
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
2011
|
|||||||||||||
|
Liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Futures contracts
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
(5,938,713)
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
(5,938,713)
|
||||||||
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||
|
as of
|
||||||||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
2010
|
|||||||||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
$
|
39,310,538
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
39,310,538
|
||||||||
|
Futures contracts
|
5,178,219
|
-
|
-
|
5,178,219
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
44,488,757
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
44,488,757
|
||||||||
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
into
|
out of
|
into
|
out of
|
into
|
out of
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Level 3
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Assets (at fair value)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Derivative Contracts
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Corn future contracts
|
$
|
9,140,288
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
9,140,288
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
Transfers
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
into
|
out of
|
into
|
out of
|
into
|
out of
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Level 3
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Liabilities (at fair value)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Derivative Contracts
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Corn future contracts
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
5,938,713
|
$
|
5,938,713
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
Asset derivatives
|
Liability derivatives
|
Net derivatives
|
|||||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$ | 854,489 | $ | (5,938,713 | ) | $ | (5,084,224 | ) | ||||
|
Primary Underlying Risk
|
Asset Derivatives
|
|||
|
Commodity Price
|
||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
5,178,219
|
||
|
Realized Gain on
|
Net Change in Unrealized Loss
|
|||||||
|
Primary Underlying Risk
|
Derivative Instruments
|
on Derivative Instruments
|
||||||
|
Commodity Price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
1,989,590
|
$
|
(14,224,512)
|
||||
|
Realized Gain on
|
Net Change in Unrealized Loss
|
|||||||
|
Primary Underlying Risk
|
Derivative Instruments
|
on Derivative Instruments
|
||||||
|
Commodity Price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
5,675,823
|
$
|
(10,262,443)
|
||||
|
Realized Gain on
|
Net Change in Unrealized Gain
|
|||||||
|
Primary Underlying Risk
|
Derivative Instruments
|
on Derivative Instruments
|
||||||
|
Commodity Price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
980
|
$
|
204,495
|
||||
|
Long exposure
|
||||||||
|
Notional
|
Number
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
amounts
|
of contracts
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
121,158,350
|
4,114
|
|||||
|
Long exposure
|
||||||||
|
Notional
|
Number
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
amounts
|
of contracts
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
42,979,000
|
1,411
|
|||||
|
Per Share Operation Performance for January 1 through June 30, 2011
|
||||
|
Net asset value at beginning of period
|
$
|
39.06
|
||
|
Income from investment operations:
|
||||
|
Investment income
|
0.02
|
|||
|
Net realized and unrealized gain on commodity futures contracts
|
1.79
|
|||
|
Total expenses
|
(0.48
|
)
|
||
|
Net increase in net asset value
|
1.33
|
|||
|
Net asset value end of period
|
$
|
40.39
|
||
|
Total Return
|
3.41
|
%
|
||
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)
|
||||
|
Total expense
|
2.22
|
%
|
||
|
Net investment loss
|
(2.13
|
)%
|
||
|
Per Share Operation Performance for commencement of operations
(June 9, 2010) through June 30, 2010
|
||||
|
Net asset value at beginning of period
|
$
|
25.00
|
||
|
Income from investment operations:
|
||||
|
Investment income
|
-
|
|||
|
Net realized and unrealized gain on commodity futures contracts
|
1.04
|
|||
|
Total expenses
|
(0.15
|
)
|
||
|
Net increase in net asset value
|
0.89
|
|||
|
Net asset value end of period
|
$
|
25.89
|
||
|
Total Return
|
3.56
|
%
|
||
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)
|
||||
|
Total expense
|
9.95
|
%
|
||
|
Net investment loss
|
(9.95
|
)%
|
||
|
June 30, 2011
|
December 31, 2010
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Equity in BNY Mellon trading accounts:
|
||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,972,477
|
$
|
100
|
||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
15,472
|
-
|
||||||
|
Collateral, due from broker
|
224,058
|
-
|
||||||
|
Interest receivable
|
111
|
-
|
||||||
|
Other assets
|
115,602
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total assets
|
2,327,720
|
100
|
||||||
|
Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
72,480
|
-
|
||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
66,461
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
138,941
|
-
|
||||||
|
Net assets
|
$
|
2,188,779
|
$
|
100
|
||||
|
Shares outstanding
|
100,004
|
4
|
||||||
|
Net asset value per share
|
$
|
21.89
|
$
|
25.00
|
||||
|
Market value per share (closing price)
|
$
|
21.85
|
$
|
-
|
||||
|
Fair
|
Percentage of
|
Notional
|
||||||||||
|
Description: Asset
|
Value
|
Net Assets
|
Amount
|
|||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
United States natural gas futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
NYMEX natural gas futures (12 contracts, settlement date March 28, 2012)
|
$
|
15,472
|
0.71
|
%
|
$
|
561,240
|
||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
||||||||||||
|
Money market funds
|
||||||||||||
|
Dreyfus Cash Management Plus
|
$
|
1,972,477
|
90.12
|
%
|
$
|
1,972,477
|
||||||
|
Fair
|
Percentage of
|
Notional
|
||||||||||
|
Description: Liability
|
Value
|
Net Assets
|
Amount
|
|||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
United States natural gas futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
NYMEX natural gas futures (12 contracts, settlement date September 28, 2011)
|
$
|
23,928
|
1.09
|
%
|
$
|
531,840
|
||||||
|
NYMEX natural gas futures (12 contracts, settlement date October 27, 2011)
|
25,848
|
1.18
|
546,360
|
|||||||||
|
NYMEX natural gas futures (11 contracts, settlement date February 27, 2012)
|
22,704
|
1.04
|
526,900
|
|||||||||
|
$
|
72,480
|
3.31
|
%
|
$
|
1,605,100
|
|||||||
|
From the commencement
|
||||||||
|
For the three months ended
|
of operations (February 1, 2011)
|
|||||||
|
June 30, 2011
|
through June 30, 2011
|
|||||||
|
Income
|
||||||||
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on trading of commodity futures contracts:
|
||||||||
|
Realized loss on commodity futures contracts
|
$ | (3,752 | ) | $ | (327,940 | ) | ||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on commodity futures contracts
|
(100,528 | ) | (57,008 | ) | ||||
|
Interest income
|
404 | 1,100 | ||||||
|
Total loss
|
(103,876 | ) | (383,848 | ) | ||||
|
Expenses
|
||||||||
|
Management fee
|
- | 3,628 | ||||||
|
Professional fees
|
35,703 | 58,852 | ||||||
|
Distribution and marketing fee
|
29,355 | 48,387 | ||||||
|
Custodian fees and expenses
|
32,210 | 53,094 | ||||||
|
Brokerage commissions
|
9 | 458 | ||||||
|
Other expenses
|
14,346 | 23,646 | ||||||
|
Total expenses
|
111,623 | 188,065 | ||||||
|
Net loss
|
$ | 215,499 | $ | (571,913 | ) | |||
|
Net loss per share
|
$ | (2.15 | ) | $ | (3.11 | ) | ||
|
Net loss per weighted average share
|
$ | (2.15 | ) | $ | (4.83 | ) | ||
|
Weighted average shares outstanding
|
100,004 | 118,337 | ||||||
|
From the commencement
|
||||
|
of operations (February 1, 2011)
|
||||
|
through June 30, 2011
|
||||
|
Operations
|
||||
|
Net loss
|
$ | (571,913 | ) | |
|
Capital transactions
|
||||
|
Issuance of Shares
|
5,000,000 | |||
|
Redemption of Shares
|
(2,239,408 | ) | ||
|
Total capital
|
2,760,592 | |||
|
Net change in net assets
|
2,188,679 | |||
|
Net assets, beginning of period
|
100 | |||
|
Net assets, end of period
|
$ | 2,188,779 | ||
|
Net asset value per share at beginning of period
|
$ | 25.00 | ||
|
At end of period
|
$ | 21.89 | ||
|
From the commencement
|
||||
|
of operations (February 1, 2011)
|
||||
|
through June 30, 2011
|
||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||
|
Net loss
|
$ | (571,913 | ) | |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
||||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on commodity futures contracts
|
57,008 | |||
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||
|
Collateral, due from broker
|
(224,058 | ) | ||
|
Interest receivable
|
(111 | ) | ||
|
Other assets
|
(115,602 | ) | ||
|
Other liabilities
|
66,461 | |||
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
(788,215 | ) | ||
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||
|
Proceeds from sale of Shares
|
5,000,000 | |||
|
Redemption of Shares
|
(2,239,408 | ) | ||
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
2,760,592 | |||
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
|
1,972,377 | |||
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
100 | |||
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
$ | 1,972,477 | ||
|
|
·
|
Taking the current market value of its total assets, and
|
|
|
·
|
Subtracting any liabilities.
|
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Assets:
|
as of
|
|||||||||||||||
|
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
2011
|
|||||||||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,972,477
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,972,477
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
15,472
|
-
|
-
|
15,472
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
1,987,949
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,987,949
|
||||||||
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Liabilities:
|
as of
|
|||||||||||||||
|
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
2011
|
|||||||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
72,480
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
72,480
|
||||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
Asset derivatives
|
Liability derivatives
|
Net derivatives
|
|||||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
15,472
|
$
|
(72,480
|
)
|
$
|
(57,008)
|
|||||
|
Realized loss on
|
Net change in unrealized loss
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
derivative instruments
|
on derivative instruments
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
(3,752)
|
$
|
(100,528)
|
||||
|
Realized loss on
|
Net change in unrealized loss
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
derivative instruments
|
on derivative instruments
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
(327,940)
|
$
|
(57,008)
|
||||
|
Long exposure
|
||||||||
|
Notional
|
Number
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
amounts
|
of contracts
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
2,166,340
|
47
|
|||||
|
Per Share Operation Performance
|
||||
|
Net asset value at beginning of period
|
$
|
25.00
|
||
|
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||
|
Investment income
|
0.01
|
|||
|
Net realized and unrealized loss on commodity futures contracts
|
(1.53
|
)
|
||
|
Total expenses
|
(1.59
|
)
|
||
|
Net decrease in net asset value
|
(3.11
|
)
|
||
|
Net asset value at end of period
|
$
|
21.89
|
||
|
Total Return
|
(12.44
|
)%
|
||
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)
|
||||
|
Total expense
|
16.62
|
%
|
||
|
Net investment loss
|
(16.53
|
)%
|
||
|
June 30, 2011
|
December 31, 2010
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Equity in BNY Mellon trading accounts:
|
||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
4,419,473
|
$
|
100
|
||||
|
Collateral, due from broker
|
562,774
|
-
|
||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
13,022
|
-
|
||||||
|
Interest receivable
|
234
|
-
|
||||||
|
Other assets
|
92,261
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total assets
|
5,087,764
|
100
|
||||||
|
Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
178,361
|
-
|
||||||
|
Management fee payable to Sponsor
|
4,021
|
-
|
||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
60,698
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
243,080
|
-
|
||||||
|
Net assets
|
$
|
4,844,684
|
$
|
100
|
||||
|
Shares outstanding
|
100,002
|
2
|
||||||
|
Net asset value per share
|
$
|
48.45
|
$
|
50.00
|
||||
|
Market value per share (closing price)
|
$
|
48.10
|
$
|
-
|
||||
|
Fair
|
Percentage of
|
Notional
|
||||||||||
|
Description: Asset
|
Value
|
Net Assets
|
Amount
|
|||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
United States WTI crude oil futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
WTI crude oil futures (17 contracts, settlement date November 16, 2012)
|
$
|
13,022
|
0.27
|
%
|
$
|
1,714,620
|
||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
||||||||||||
|
Money market funds
|
||||||||||||
|
Dreyfus Cash Management Plus
|
$
|
4,419,473
|
91.22
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Fair
|
Percentage of
|
Notional
|
||||||||||
|
Description: Liability
|
Value
|
Net Assets
|
Amount
|
|||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
United States WTI crude oil futures contracts
|
||||||||||||
|
WTI crude oil futures (17 contracts, settlement date November 18, 2011)
|
$ | 56,666 | 1.17 | % | $ | 1,658,010 | ||||||
|
WTI crude oil futures (15 contracts, settlement date May 22, 2012)
|
121,695 | 2.51 | 1,498,650 | |||||||||
| $ | 178,361 | 3.68 | % | $ | 3,156,660 | |||||||
|
From the commencement
|
||||||||
|
For the three months ended
|
of operations (February 23, 2011)
|
|||||||
|
June 30, 2011
|
through June 30, 2011
|
|||||||
|
Income
|
||||||||
|
Realized and unrealized gain on trading of commodity futures contracts:
|
||||||||
|
Realized gain on commodity futures contracts
|
$ | 178,369 | $ | 183,869 | ||||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on commodity futures contracts
|
(547,199 | ) | (165,339 | ) | ||||
|
Interest income
|
912 | 1,418 | ||||||
|
Total income
|
(367,918 | ) | 19,948 | |||||
|
Expenses
|
||||||||
|
Management fee
|
12,799 | 18,058 | ||||||
|
Professional fees
|
35,704 | 50,221 | ||||||
|
Distribution and marketing fee
|
29,355 | 41,290 | ||||||
|
Custodian fees and expenses
|
32,210 | 45,307 | ||||||
|
Brokerage commissions
|
104 | 311 | ||||||
|
Other expenses
|
14,344 | 20,177 | ||||||
|
Total expenses
|
124,516 | 175,364 | ||||||
|
Net loss
|
$ | (492,434 | ) | $ | (155,416 | ) | ||
|
Net loss per share
|
$ | (4.92 | ) | $ | (1.55 | ) | ||
|
Net loss per weighted average share
|
$ | (4.92 | ) | $ | (1.55 | ) | ||
|
Weighted average shares outstanding
|
100,002 | 100,002 | ||||||
|
From the commencement
|
||||
|
of operations (February 23, 2011)
|
||||
|
through June 30, 2011
|
||||
|
Operations
|
||||
|
Net loss
|
$ | (155,416 | ) | |
|
Capital transactions
|
||||
|
Issuance of Shares
|
5,000,000 | |||
|
Net change in net assets
|
4,844,584 | |||
|
Net assets, beginning of period
|
100 | |||
|
Net assets, end of period
|
$ | 4,844,684 | ||
|
Net asset value per share a t beginning of period
|
$ | 50.00 | ||
|
At end of period
|
$ | 48.45 | ||
|
From the commencement
|
||||
|
of operations (February 23, 2011)
|
||||
|
through June 30, 2011
|
||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||
|
Net loss
|
$ | (155,416 | ) | |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
||||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on commodity futures contracts
|
165,339 | |||
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||
|
Collateral, due from broker
|
(562,774 | ) | ||
|
Interest receivable
|
(234 | ) | ||
|
Other assets
|
(92,261 | ) | ||
|
Management fee payable to Sponsor
|
4,021 | |||
|
Other liabilities
|
60,698 | |||
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
(580,627 | ) | ||
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||
|
Proceeds from sale of Shares
|
5,000,000 | |||
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
|
4,419,373 | |||
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
100 | |||
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
$ | 4,419,473 | ||
|
|
·
|
Taking the current market value of its total assets, and
|
|
|
·
|
Subtracting any liabilities.
|
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Assets:
|
as of
|
|||||||||||||||
|
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
2011
|
|||||||||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
$
|
4,419,473
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
4,419,473
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
13,022
|
-
|
-
|
13,022
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
4,432,495
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
4,432,495
|
||||||||
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Liabilities:
|
as of
|
|||||||||||||||
|
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
2011
|
|||||||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$
|
178,361
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
178,361
|
||||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
Asset derivatives
|
Liability derivatives
|
Net derivatives
|
|||||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$ | 13,022 | $ | (178,361 | ) | $ | (165,339 | ) | ||||
|
Realized gain on
|
Net change in unrealized loss
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
derivative instruments
|
on derivative instruments
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$ | 178,369 | $ | (547,199 | ) | |||
|
Realized gain on
|
Net change in unrealized loss
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
derivative instruments
|
on derivative instruments
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$ | 183,869 | $ | (165,339 | ) | |||
|
Long exposure
|
||||||||
|
Notional
|
Number
|
|||||||
|
Primary underlying risk
|
amounts
|
of contracts
|
||||||
|
Commodity price
|
||||||||
|
Commodity futures contracts
|
$ | 4,871,280 | 49 | |||||
|
Per Share Operation Performance
|
||||
|
Net asset value at beginning of period
|
$ | 50.00 | ||
|
Income from investment operations:
|
||||
|
Investment income
|
0.01 | |||
|
Net realized and unrealized gain on commodity futures contracts
|
.19 | |||
|
Total expenses
|
(1.75 | ) | ||
|
Net decrease in net asset value
|
(1.55 | ) | ||
|
Net asset value at end of period
|
$ | 48.45 | ||
|
Total Return
|
(3.10 | )% | ||
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)
|
||||
|
Total expense
|
9.69 | % | ||
|
Net investment loss
|
(9.61 | )% | ||
|
June 30, 2011
|
December 31, 2010
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Equity in BNY Mellon trading accounts:
|
||||||||
|
Cash
|
$ | 100 | $ | 100 | ||||
|
Total assets
|
100 | 100 | ||||||
|
Net assets
|
$ | 100 | $ | 100 | ||||
|
Shares outstanding
|
4 | 4 | ||||||
|
Net asset value per share
|
$ | 25.00 | $ | 25.00 | ||||
|
|
o
|
Taking the current market value of its total assets, and
|
|
|
o
|
Subtracting any liabilities.
|
|
June 30, 2011
|
December 31, 2010
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Equity in BNY Mellon trading accounts:
|
||||||||
|
Cash
|
$ | 100 | $ | 100 | ||||
|
Total assets
|
100 | 100 | ||||||
|
Net assets
|
$ | 100 | $ | 100 | ||||
|
Shares outstanding
|
4 | 4 | ||||||
|
Net asset value per share
|
$ | 25.00 | $ | 25.00 | ||||
|
|
¨
|
Taking the current market value of its total assets, and
|
|
|
¨
|
Subtracting any liabilities.
|
|
June 30, 2011
|
December 31, 2010
|
|||||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Equity in BNY Mellon trading accounts:
|
||||||||
|
Cash
|
$ | 100 | $ | 100 | ||||
|
Total assets
|
100 | 100 | ||||||
|
Net assets
|
$ | 100 | $ | 100 | ||||
|
Shares outstanding
|
4 | 4 | ||||||
|
Net asset value per share
|
$ | 25.00 | $ | 25.00 | ||||
|
|
¨
|
Taking the current market value of its total assets, and
|
|
|
¨
|
Subtracting any liabilities.
|
|
June 30, 2011
|
||||
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||
|
Assets
|
||||
|
Equity in BNY Mellon trading accounts:
|
||||
|
Cash
|
$ | 100 | ||
|
Total assets
|
100 | |||
|
Net assets
|
$ | 100 | ||
|
Shares outstanding
|
2 | |||
|
Net asset value per share
|
$ | 50.00 | ||
|
|
o
|
Taking the current market value of its total assets, and
|
|
|
o
|
Subtracting any liabilities.
|
|
ITEM 2.
|
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
|
|
CORN Benchmark Component Futures Contracts
|
Notional Value
|
Weight (%)
|
||||||
|
CBOT Corn Futures
(1,382 contracts, settlement date September14, 2011)
|
$ | 41,218,150 | 34 | |||||
|
CBOT Corn Futures
(1,220 contracts, settlement date December 14, 2011)
|
35,563,000 | 29 | ||||||
|
CBOT Corn Futures
(1,512 contracts, settlement date December 14, 2012)
|
44,377,200 | 37 | ||||||
|
Total at June 30, 2011
|
$ | 121,158,350 | 100 | % | ||||
|
NAGS Benchmark Component Futures Contracts
|
Notional Value
|
Weight (%)
|
||||||
|
NYMEX Natural Gas Futures
(12 contracts, settlement date September 28, 2011)
|
$ | 531,840 | 25 | |||||
|
NYMEX Natural Gas Futures
(12 contracts, settlement date October 27, 2011)
|
546,360 | 25 | ||||||
|
NYMEX Natural Gas Futures
(11 contracts, settlement date February 27, 2012)
|
526,900 | 24 | ||||||
|
NYMEX Natural Gas Futures
(12 contracts, settlement date March 28, 2012)
|
561,240 | 26 | ||||||
|
Total at June 30, 2011
|
$ | 2,166,340 | 100 | % | ||||
|
CRUD Benchmark Component Futures Contracts
|
Notional Value
|
Weight (%)
|
||||||
|
NYMEX WTI Crude Oil Futures
(17 contracts, settlement date November 18, 2011)
|
$ | 1,658,010 | 34 | |||||
|
NYMEX WTI Crude Oil Futures
(15 contracts, settlement date May 22, 2012)
|
1,498,650 | 31 | ||||||
|
NYMEX WTI Crude Oil Futures
(17 contracts, settlement date November 16, 2012)
|
1,714,620 | 35 | ||||||
|
Total at June 30, 2011
|
$ | 4,871,280 | 100 | % | ||||
|
Net asset value (“NAV”) at beginning of period
|
$ | 39.06 | ||
|
Income from investment operations:
|
||||
|
Investment income
|
0.02 | |||
|
Net realized and unrealized gain on commodity futures contracts
|
1.79 | |||
|
Total expenses
|
(0.48 | ) | ||
|
Net increase in net asset value
|
1.33 | |||
|
Net asset value end of period
|
$ | 40.39 | ||
|
Total Return
|
3.41 | % | ||
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)
|
||||
|
Total expense
|
2.22 | % | ||
|
Net investment loss
|
(2.13 | )% | ||
|
NAGS Per Share Operation Performance
|
||||
|
Net asset value (“NAV”) at beginning of period
|
$ | 25.00 | ||
|
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||
|
Investment income
|
0.01 | |||
|
Net realized and unrealized loss on commodity futures contracts
|
(1.53 | ) | ||
|
Total expenses
|
(1.59 | ) | ||
|
Net decrease in net asset value
|
(3.11 | ) | ||
|
Net asset value end of period
|
$ | 21.89 | ||
|
Total Return
|
(12.44 | )% | ||
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)
|
||||
|
Total expense
|
16.62 | % | ||
|
Net investment loss
|
(16.53 | )% | ||
|
CRUD Per Share Operation Performance
|
||||
|
Net asset value (“NAV”) at beginning of period
|
$ | 50.00 | ||
|
Income from investment operations:
|
||||
|
Investment income
|
0.01 | |||
|
Net realized and unrealized gain on commodity futures contracts
|
0.19 | |||
|
Total expenses
|
(1.75 | ) | ||
|
Net decrease in net asset value
|
(1.55 | ) | ||
|
Net asset value end of period
|
$ | 48.45 | ||
|
Total Return
|
(3.10 | ) % | ||
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets (Annualized)
|
||||
|
Total expense
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9.69 | % | ||
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Net investment loss
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Taking the current market value of its total assets, and
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Subtracting any liabilities.
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(a)
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On July 31, 2010, the Sponsor made the following capital contributions and received the following shares for that contribution prior to each Fund’s commencement of operations; such shares were sold in private offerings exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended:
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1.
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a $100 capital contribution to the Teucrium WTI Crude Oil Fund, a separate series of the Trust, in exchange for two shares of such fund;
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2.
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a $100 capital contribution to the Teucrium Natural Gas Fund, another series of the Trust, in exchange for four shares of such fund;
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3.
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a $100 capital contribution to the Teucrium Soybean Fund, another series of the Trust, in exchange for four shares of such fund;
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4.
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a $100 capital contribution to the Teucrium Sugar Fund, another series of the Trust, in exchange for four shares of such fund; and
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5.
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a $100 capital contribution to the Teucrium Wheat Fund, another series of the Trust, in exchange for four shares of such fund.
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6.
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a $100 capital contribution to the Teucrium Agricultural Fund, another series of the Trust, in exchange for two shares of such fund.
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(b)
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The registration statement on Form S-1 registering 30,000,000 common units, or “Shares,” of the Teucrium Corn Fund (File No. 333-162033) was declared effective on June 7, 2010. From October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, 1,300,000 Shares of the Fund were sold at an aggregate offering price of $49,465,653.
The Fund paid fees to Foreside Fund Services, LLC for its services as Marketing Agent to the Fund from October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 in an amount equal to $96,365, resulting in net offering proceeds of $49,369,288.
The offering proceeds were invested in corn futures contracts and cash and cash equivalents in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective stated in the prospectus.
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(c)
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The following chart shows the number of Shares redeemed by Authorized Participants for each month during the quarter ended June 30, 2011:
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3.1
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Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Registrant. (1)
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3.2
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Certificate of Trust of the Registrant. (2)
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3.3
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Instrument establishing the Fund. (3)
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10.1
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Form of Authorized Purchaser Agreement. (3)
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10.2
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Distribution Services Agreement. (1)
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10.3
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Global Custody Agreement. (4)
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10.4
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Services Agreement. (4)
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10.5
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Transfer Agency and Service Agreement. (4)
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10.6
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Distribution Consulting and Marketing Services Agreement. (1)
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31.1
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Certification by the Principal Executive Officer of the Registrant pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Exchange Act. (5)
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31.2
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Certification by the Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Exchange Act. (5)
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32.1
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Certification by the Principal Executive Officer of the Registrant pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (5)
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32.1
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Certification by the Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (5)
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(1)
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Previously filed as like-numbered exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-162033, filed on October 22, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(2)
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Previously filed as like-numbered exhibit to Registration Statement No. 333-162033, filed on September 21, 2009 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(3)
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Previously filed as like-numbered exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-167590, filed on March 9, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(4)
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Previously filed as like-numbered exhibit to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 333-162033, filed on March 29, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(5)
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Filed herewith.
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Teucrium Commodity Trust (Registrant)
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By:
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Teucrium Trading, LLC
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its Sponsor
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By:
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/s/ Sal Gilbertie
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Name:
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Sal Gilbertie
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Title:
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Principal Executive Officer
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By:
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/s/ Dale Riker
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Name:
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Dale Riker
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Title:
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Principal Financial Officer
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No information found
* THE VALUE IS THE MARKET VALUE AS OF THE LAST DAY OF THE QUARTER FOR WHICH THE 13F WAS FILED.
| FUND | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) | PUT OR CALL |
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| DIRECTORS | AGE | BIO | OTHER DIRECTOR MEMBERSHIPS |
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No information found
No Customers Found
No Suppliers Found
Price
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| Owner | Position | Direct Shares | Indirect Shares |
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