GrainStrategy

Falls City Farms

Wade Dahlke · Cloud County, KS · Wes Tolliver · client since 2022

189k bu at 72% priced
$781.7K under management
Call before pricingCosts from their booksLast spoke in 24 days(785) 555-7743
$563,601 is locked across 2 contracts, -$21,047 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
2
137k bu priced, 72% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$563,601
-$21,047 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
137k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Apr 25, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash68k bu$4.37-$0.35$4.02-$0.26
-$17,602
Dec 2026
Mankato Elevator
Not hauled
Mar 6, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash69k bu$4.58-$0.35$4.23-$0.05
-$3,445
Dec 2026
Mankato 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 26, 2026CornPricedPriced the next tranche at the elevator, board plus basis
Jan 12, 2026CornPricedFixed the basis on an open HTA

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.