GrainStrategy

Meadowlark Family Farms

Wade Albrecht · Mitchell County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2018

442k bu at 42% priced
$2.6M under management
Self directedCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 3 months2 critical7 other findings(785) 555-2458
Wade Albrecht has declined a recommendation 1 time on this account. That is a client's right on their own grain, and the dated record of it below is what protects both sides of the conversation later.
Contracts
9
187k bu priced, 42% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$1,221,701
-$28,040 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
74k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
May 16, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash20k bu$4.60-$0.10$4.50+$0.57
$11,457
Dec 2026
Washington County Elevator
Not hauled
Apr 28, 2026Soybeans
old crop
Cash27k bu$11.39-$0.29$11.10+$0.07
$1,918
Aug 2026
Washington County Elevator
Hauled
Apr 8, 2026Corn
old crop
Cash65k bu$4.21-$0.13$4.08-$0.29
-$18,850
Aug 2026
Washington County Elevator
Hauled
Apr 4, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Basis6,100 bu$10.93-$0.28$10.65-$0.42
-$2,562
Nov 2026
Washington County Elevator
Not hauled
Mar 3, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Cash2,700 bu$10.61-$0.29$10.32-$0.75
-$2,025
Nov 2026
Washington County Elevator
Not hauled
Feb 24, 2026Corn
new crop
Basis14k bu$4.43-$0.11$4.32+$0.39
$5,577
Dec 2026
Washington County Elevator
Not hauled
Feb 18, 2026Corn
old crop
Forward/HTA20k bu$4.36-$0.10$4.26-$0.11
-$2,200
Aug 2026
Washington County Elevator
Not hauled
Feb 10, 2026Soybeans
old crop
Cash20k bu$10.78-$0.33$10.45-$0.58
-$11,832
Aug 2026
Washington County Elevator
Hauled
Dec 20, 2025Soybeans
new crop
Cash11k bu$10.53-$0.35$10.18-$0.89
-$9,523
Nov 2026
Washington County Elevator
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
Apr 27, 2026SoybeansDeclinedRecommended moving old crop, client is holding for a rally
Oct 17, 2025CornPricedPriced the next tranche at the elevator, board plus basis

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.