Sage Flat Farms
Beth Dietrich · Cloud County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2024
628k bu at 72% priced · 4,045 head at 10% sold
$4.4M under management
Call before pricingCosts from their booksLast spoke in 51 days1 critical2 other findings(785) 555-7217
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
628k bu
Priced
72%
453k bu · plan wants 72% by now
Revenue locked
$2,459,485
$76,758 over cost
Still unpriced
176k bu
Worth $1,923,588 at today's bids and markets, plus 3,641 head
| Crop | Priced | Average received | Cost of production | Made over cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soybeans (new crop) | 76k bu | $10.58 | $10.88 | -$0.30 -$22,851 |
| Corn (new crop) | 377k bu | $4.12 | $3.92 | +$0.20 $74,782 |
Livestock, in head and hundredweight
| Group | Head | Sold | Average received | Cost of gain | Made over cost | Floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finishing barn, Jul turn Hog | 4,045 | 404 | $91.85 | $70.71 | $21.14 | $85.49 |
Percent sold on livestock is BY HEAD, and it is never comparable to the grain percentage above. A floor is net of the premium paid, and it floors RMA's published index rather than what the animals bring at the barn.
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.