Smoky Hill Family Farms
Nadine Novak · Cloud County, KS · Wes Tolliver · client since 2022
1.0M bu at 74% priced
$4.4M under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 53 days4 other findings(785) 555-4994
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.
Corn new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $4.65 · cash bid $4.38 · 74% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 67% of the cropGuarantee 804k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.92 | +$0.27 | 15% 151k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $5.16 | +$0.51 | 20% 201k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $5.38 | +$0.73 | 17% 171k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $5.62 | +$0.97 | 15% 151k bu | Filled | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months 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 $4.75 to count as clearing cost.