GrainStrategy

Stonebridge Ag

Nadine Eichhorn · Webster County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2016

322k bu at 82% priced · 326 head at 30% sold
$2.1M under management
Self directedCosts from their booksLast spoke in 2 months1 critical3 other findings(785) 555-3506
Every break-even on this account came out of Nadine Eichhorn's own books and is current. That is the strongest footing a marketing plan can have: the cost side is measured rather than remembered, so the margins on the other tabs mean what they say.
From their books
100%
The rest were stated on a call or estimated from county averages.
Oldest
2 mo
The desk treats anything past 6 months as not trusted.
Desk cushion
$0.10
A break-even is an estimate, so pricing exactly at one is pricing at the midpoint of an error bar.
On Farmer Metrics
Yes
Costs arrive from their own books and update when they do.

Cost of production, by crop

CropBreak-evenSourceAs ofExpectedCost of the cropCash bid over costTrusted
Soybeans
new crop · 1,000 acres at 52 bu
$10.76Their booksJun 9, 2026
2 months old
52k bu$559,520
$560/acre
-$0.09
bid $10.67
Yes
Corn
new crop · 754 acres at 179 bu
$4.30Their booksJun 9, 2026
2 months old
135k bu$580,354
$770/acre
-$0.10
bid $4.20
Yes
Corn
old crop · 745 acres at 181 bu
$4.30Their booksJul 9, 2026
1 month old
135k bu$579,834
$778/acre
-$0.27
bid $4.03
Yes

The desk treats a break-even older than 6 months as not trusted, because six months spans a planting-to-harvest change in fertilizer, fuel and cash rent. A February break-even used to justify an August sale is a different farm's numbers.

Cost per acre is the cost of the crop divided by planted acres, so it moves with yield as well as with cost. A good year lowers the cost per bushel without a single input getting cheaper, which is the part clients find hardest to believe and the reason the plan is written in dollars per bushel.