GrainStrategy

Antelope Flats Grain Co

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

140k bu at 87% priced · 1,959 head at 69% sold
$5.2M under management
Call before pricingCosts from their booksLast spoke in 25 days11 other findings(785) 555-9044
$3,642,955 is locked across 9 contracts, -$117,561 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
9
121k bu priced, 87% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$3,642,955
-$117,561 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
61k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Jul 31, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Forward/HTA7,000 bu$11.05-$0.57$10.48+$0.41
$2,870
Nov 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
Jul 27, 2026Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA14k bu$4.38-$0.29$4.09-$0.25
-$3,575
Dec 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
Jul 11, 2026Corn
old crop
Cash29k bu$4.53-$0.30$4.23+$0.35
$10,115
Oct 2026
Belleville Co-op
Hauled
Jun 29, 2026Soybeans
old crop
Cash5,400 bu$10.83-$0.51$10.32+$0.67
$3,618
Oct 2026
Belleville Co-op
Hauled
May 31, 2026Corn
old crop
Cash26k bu$4.22-$0.36$3.86-$0.02
-$526
Oct 2026
Belleville Co-op
Hauled
May 27, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Cash3,000 bu$11.27-$0.56$10.71+$0.64
$1,920
Nov 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
May 24, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash7,800 bu$4.32-$0.31$4.01-$0.33
-$2,574
Dec 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
May 20, 2026Soybeans
old crop
Forward/HTA1,800 bu$11.39-$0.55$10.84+$1.19
$2,142
Oct 2026
Belleville Co-op
Not hauled
Mar 29, 2026Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA27k bu$4.49-$0.30$4.19-$0.15
-$4,005
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
Sep 17, 2026SoybeansPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Jun 6, 2026CornPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Apr 22, 2026CornPricedPriced the next tranche at the elevator, board plus basis
Feb 12, 2026SoybeansAgreed, not yet executedAgreed to place a resting order at the next target
Jan 30, 2026CornAgreed, not yet executedAgreed to place a resting order at the next target
Jan 29, 2026SoybeansAgreed, 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.