Sage Flat Farms
Beth Dietrich · Cloud County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2024
628k bu at 72% priced · 4,045 head at 10% sold
$4.1M under management
Call before pricingCosts from their booksLast spoke in 36 days1 critical8 other findings(785) 555-7217
Every rung on every ladder clears this family's cost of production plus the desk's $0.10 cushion, and nothing has passed its sell-by date. The plan is doing its job.
Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026
Break-even $10.88 · cash bid $10.34 · 68% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 78% of the cropGuarantee 78k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $11.33 | +$0.45 | 15% 17k bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $12.06 | +$1.18 | 25% 28k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $12.69 | +$1.81 | 16% 18k bu | Filled | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $13.13 | +$2.25 | 22% 24k bu | $2.79 | Jan 25, 2027 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Working |
Corn new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $3.92 · cash bid $3.77 · 73% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 51% of the cropGuarantee 388k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.15 | +$0.23 | 15% 78k bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.31 | +$0.39 | 21% 109k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.57 | +$0.65 | 15% 78k bu | Filled | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
Rungs are sorted by price rather than by the order they were entered, because a scale-up ladder only reads as a ladder in price order. Distance is measured from the cash bid, which is the board plus the local basis, not from the board alone.
A rung that filled before its date is done rather than overdue. The desk's cushion over break-even is $0.10, because a break-even is itself an estimate and pricing exactly at one is pricing at the midpoint of an error bar. On this crop that means a rung has to clear $10.98 to count as clearing cost.