GrainStrategy

Bluestem Farms

Tessa Jansen · Clay County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2019

552k bu at 80% priced
$2.7M under management
Price to the planCosts from their booksLast spoke in 30 days9 other findings(785) 555-4727
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 $9.99 · cash bid $10.46 · 68% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 74% of the cropGuarantee 55k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$10.58+$0.5915%
12k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$10.96+$0.9719%
15k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$11.58+$1.5915%
12k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$12.11+$2.1225%
20k bu
$1.65Jan 25, 2027
in 3 months
Window Feb-May
Working

Milo new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.52 · cash bid $3.48 · 81% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 76% of the cropGuarantee 153k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$3.72+$0.2015%
27k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$3.92+$0.4021%
38k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.07+$0.5519%
34k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$4.28+$0.7621%
38k bu
FilledJan 25, 2027
in 3 months
Window Feb-May
Hit

Milo old crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.97 · cash bid $3.48 · 93% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 79% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.20+$0.2315%
22k bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.36+$0.3924%
36k bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.57+$0.6025%
37k bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 months
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$4.86+$0.8915%
22k bu
FilledApr 25, 2027
in 6 months
Window Feb-May
Hit

Wheat new crop · Jul 2027

Break-even $4.89 · cash bid $5.30 · 78% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 54% of the cropGuarantee 59k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$5.10+$0.2115%
11k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$5.45+$0.5621%
15k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$5.64+$0.7518%
13k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit

Wheat old crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $5.28 · cash bid $4.92 · 66% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 54% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$5.54+$0.2615%
11k bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$5.80+$0.5216%
12k bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$6.13+$0.8523%
17k bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 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 $10.09 to count as clearing cost.