Walnut Grove Farms LLC
Lyle Hemmelgarn · Clay County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2018
323k bu at 37% priced
$1.1M under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 4 months8 other findings(785) 555-2514
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.
Milo new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $4.24 · cash bid $3.46 · 37% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 72% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.43 | +$0.19 | 15% 48k bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.65 | +$0.41 | 21% 68k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.90 | +$0.66 | 21% 68k bu | $1.44 | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Working |
| 4 | $5.15 | +$0.91 | 15% 48k bu | $1.69 | Jan 25, 2027 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Working |
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 $4.34 to count as clearing cost.