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Note 1 - Organization and Operation
3 Months Ended
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Note 1 Organization and Operation

 

Teucrium Commodity Trust (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on September 11, 2009, is a series trust consisting of six series: Teucrium Corn Fund (“CORN”), Teucrium Sugar Fund (“CANE”), Teucrium Soybean Fund (“SOYB”), Teucrium Wheat Fund (“WEAT”), Teucrium Agricultural Fund (“TAGS”), and the 7RCC Spot Bitcoin and Carbon Credit Futures ETF ("BTCK").  On September 17, 2025, BTCK was established as a new series of the Trust.  BTCK has not commenced operations as of March 31, 2026.  The Hashdex Bitcoin Futures ETF (“DEFI”) was a series of the Trust prior to the merger closing on January 3, 2024. As discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, the Trust, on behalf of its series, Hashdex Bitcoin Futures Fund ("Acquired Fund"), and Tidal Commodities Trust I, on behalf of its series, Hashdex Bitcoin Futures Fund, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Liquidation dated as of October 30, 2023 ("Plan of Merger"). The Merger closed on January 3, 2024.  Upon such closing, the Plan of Merger caused all of the Acquired Fund's shares to be canceled and the Acquired Fund to be liquidated. A Form 15 was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to de-register the Acquired Fund under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), which terminates the Exchange Act reporting obligations of the Acquired Fund. While the Acquired Fund's financials are included in the combined Trust financials for historical periods and for the stub period from January 1, 2024, to January 3, 2024, separate financial statements for the Acquired Fund are not provided. All of these series of the Trust are collectively referred to as the “Funds” and singularly as the “Fund.” Collectively, CORN, CANE, SOYB, WEAT, and TAGS are referred to as the “Agricultural Funds”. Each Fund is a commodity pool that is a series of the Trust. The Funds issue common units, called the “Shares,” representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in a Fund. Effective as of December 18, 2025, the Trust and the Funds operate pursuant to the Trust’s Sixth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”).

 

On June 7, 2010, the initial Form S-1 for CORN was declared effective by the SEC. On June 8, 2010, four Creation Baskets for CORN were issued representing 200,000 shares and $5,000,000. CORN began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) Arca on June 9, 2010. The current registration statement for CORN was declared effective by the SEC on April 7, 2022. This registration statement for CORN registered an indeterminate number of shares.

 

On June 13, 2011, the initial Forms S-1 for CANE, SOYB, and WEAT were declared effective by the SEC. On September 16, 2011, two Creation Baskets were issued for each Fund, representing 100,000 shares and $2,500,000, for CANE, SOYB, and WEAT. On September 19, 2011, CANE, SOYB, and WEAT started trading on the NYSE Arca. The current registration statements for CANE and SOYB were declared effective by the SEC on April 7, 2022. The registration statements for SOYB and CANE registered an indeterminate number of shares each. The current registration statement for WEAT was declared effective on March 9, 2022. This registration statement for WEAT registered an indeterminate number of shares.

 

On February 10, 2012, the Form S-1 for TAGS was declared effective by the SEC. On March 27, 2012, six Creation Baskets for TAGS were issued representing 300,000 shares and $15,000,000. TAGS began trading on the NYSE Arca on March 28, 2012. The current registration statement for TAGS was declared effective by the SEC on April 7, 2022. This registration statement for TAGS registered an indeterminate number of shares.

 

On September 14, 2022, the Form S-1 for DEFI was declared effective by the SEC. This registration statement for DEFI registered an indeterminate number of Shares. On September 15, 2022, five Creation Baskets for DEFI were issued representing 50,000 Shares and $1,250,000.  DEFI began trading on the NYSE Arca on September 16, 2022.

 

As reported by the registrant on a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2023 (File No. 001-34765), the Trust, on behalf of its series, Hashdex Bitcoin Futures ETF (“Acquired Fund”), and Tidal Commodities Trust I (“Acquiring Trust”), on behalf of its series, Hashdex Bitcoin Futures ETF (“Acquiring Fund”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Partnership Merger and Liquidation dated as of October 30, 2023 (the “Plan of Merger”). The Merger closed on January 3, 2024 (the “Closing Date”).

 

Pursuant to the Plan of Merger, each Acquired Fund shareholder received one share of the Acquiring Fund for every one share of the Acquired Fund held on the Closing Date based on the net asset value per share of the Acquiring Fund being equal to the net asset value per share of the Acquired Fund determined immediately prior to the Merger closing. Upon the Merger closing, the Acquiring Fund acquired all the assets of the Acquired Fund and assumed all the liabilities of the Acquired Fund via distribution. Upon the Merger closing, the Plan of Merger caused all of the Acquired Fund’s shares to be cancelled and the Acquired Fund to be liquidated.

 

On September 17, 2025, the Form S-1 for BTCK was filed with the SEC. The fund has not commenced investment operations.  As of March 31, 2026, the Fund issued four shares at $25.00 per share as seed capital. Other than the initial capitalization, the Fund had no operations, no investment activity, and no realized or unrealized gains or losses during the quarter ended March 31, 2026.  Net asset value remained unchanged at $25.00 per share from inception through the end of the period. The total net assets of $100 and the creation of shares of $100 for BTCK are included in the Trust's financial statements. As BTCK had not commenced operations as of the date of this filing, much of the information presented in these Notes to the Financial Statements is not applicable with respect to BTCK and therefore, BTCK is omitted from many of the presentations. 

 

The sponsor of the Trust, Teucrium Trading, LLC ("Teucrium" or "Sponsor"), has not received any compensation dependent on the consummation of the Merger.

 

Teucrium Trading, LLC is the Sponsor of the Trust. The Sponsor is a member of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) and became a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) effective November 10, 2009. The Sponsor registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor (“CTA”) with the CFTC effective September 8, 2017.

 

The specific investment objective of each Fund and information regarding the organization and operation of each Fund are included in each Fund’s financial statements and accompanying notes, as well as in other sections of this Form 10-Q filing. In general, the investment objective of each Fund is to have the daily changes in the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) of each Fund’s Shares reflect the daily changes in the specified commodity market for future delivery as measured by the Benchmark. The investment objective of TAGS is to have the daily changes in percentage terms of NAV of its Shares reflect the daily changes in percentage terms of a weighted average (the “Underlying Fund Average”) of the NAVs per share of the four agricultural commodity pools that are series of the Trust and are sponsored by the Sponsor: CORN, WEAT, SOYB, and CANE (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Fund Average will have a weighting of 25% to each Underlying Fund, and the Fund’s assets will be rebalanced to maintain the approximate 25% allocation to each Underlying Fund.

 

Subject to the terms of the Trust Agreement, Teucrium Trading, LLC in its capacity as the Sponsor  may terminate a Fund at any time, regardless of whether the Fund has incurred losses, including, for instance, if it determines that the Fund’s aggregate net assets in relation to its operating expenses make the continued operation of the Fund unreasonable or imprudent. However, no level of losses will require the Sponsor to terminate a Fund.