Lone Oak Ranch
Curt Jansen · Nuckolls County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2015
89k bu at 80% priced
$459.2K under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 15 days12 other findings(785) 555-2882
The figures below are computed from the desk's records and are the same figures the drafter is handed. The model writes the prose around them and does no arithmetic at all, because a wrong number in a recap is a misrepresentation to a family rather than a bug. If the drafter is unavailable the facts are still here, and the facts are the part that has to be right.
The position, as the family will read it
Expected production
89k bu
Priced
80%
71k bu · plan wants 80% by now
Revenue locked
$370,161
-$31,752 over cost
Still unpriced
18k bu
Worth $89,039 at today's bids and markets
| Crop | Priced | Average received | Cost of production | Made over cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn (new crop) | 27k bu | $3.98 | $4.64 | -$0.66 -$18,010 |
| Corn (old crop) | 29k bu | $3.86 | $4.08 | -$0.22 -$6,128 |
| Soybeans (new crop) | 6,200 bu | $10.35 | $11.02 | -$0.67 -$4,160 |
| Soybeans (old crop) | 7,200 bu | $10.51 | $10.97 | -$0.46 -$3,324 |
| Wheat (new crop) | 2,300 bu | $5.41 | $5.47 | -$0.06 -$130 |
The note to send
Nothing drafted yet. The drafter is handed the figures above and asked to explain them, and it is told not to calculate, forecast, or tell the family what to do.
The drafter is given computed figures and forbidden from doing arithmetic, deriving anything, or implying a market forecast. Nobody on this desk knows where the board is going, and a recap that hints otherwise is the one document that could make a family's loss the desk's fault.
A recap is not a recommendation to the family. The advisor recommends, the family decides, and the language is written that way on purpose.