GrainStrategy

Antelope Flats Grain Co

Wade Cronin · Smith County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2023

140k bu at 83% priced · 1,959 head at 67% sold
$5.3M under management
Call before pricingCosts from their booksLast spoke in 40 days6 other findings(785) 555-9044
$3,629,606 is locked across 9 contracts, -$69,893 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
9
116k bu priced, 83% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$3,629,606
-$69,893 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
55k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
May 15, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Forward/HTA6,300 bu$11.07-$0.27$10.80+$0.73
$4,599
Nov 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
May 11, 2026Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA13k bu$4.51-$0.06$4.45+$0.11
$1,430
Dec 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
Apr 25, 2026Corn
old crop
Cash29k bu$4.49-$0.07$4.42+$0.54
$15,606
Aug 2026
Belleville Co-op
Hauled
Apr 13, 2026Soybeans
old crop
Cash5,400 bu$10.81-$0.21$10.60+$0.95
$5,130
Aug 2026
Belleville Co-op
Hauled
Mar 15, 2026Corn
old crop
Cash26k bu$4.18-$0.13$4.05+$0.17
$4,471
Aug 2026
Belleville Co-op
Hauled
Mar 11, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Cash2,700 bu$11.29-$0.26$11.03+$0.96
$2,592
Nov 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
Mar 8, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash7,000 bu$4.45-$0.08$4.37+$0.03
$210
Dec 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
Mar 4, 2026Soybeans
old crop
Forward/HTA1,800 bu$11.37-$0.25$11.12+$1.47
$2,646
Aug 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
Jan 11, 2026Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA24k bu$4.63-$0.07$4.56+$0.22
$5,302
Dec 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled

Net cash is the board plus the basis, which is the only price the family is actually paid. Where the basis is open the stored figure is today's estimate rather than a settled price, so the average across the account moves until somebody fixes it.

What was advised, and what they decided

DateCropOutcomeRecommendation
Jul 2, 2026SoybeansPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Mar 21, 2026CornPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Feb 4, 2026CornPricedPriced the next tranche at the elevator, board plus basis
Nov 27, 2025SoybeansAgreed, not yet executedAgreed to place a resting order at the next target
Nov 14, 2025CornAgreed, not yet executedAgreed to place a resting order at the next target
Nov 13, 2025SoybeansAgreed, not yet executedAgreed to move old crop once trucking frees up

TODO: the contact history in this demo is synthetic. These are invented conversations and they must be cleared before anybody outside the desk sees this page. The record itself is the point: it is the least glamorous thing in the product and probably the most valuable.