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Wild Rose Farms LLC

Kirby Hastings · Mitchell County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2016

195k bu at 65% priced
$791.5K under management
Price to the planCosts from their booksLast spoke in 60 days8 other findings(785) 555-7218
Corn is 60% sold against a 95% pace with the bid $0.14/bu over cost. Price 19k bu through the elevator, which banks $2,591 over cost with no margin call risk. 7 more findings on this family.
Priced
65%
126k bu of 195k bu · pace 80%
Revenue locked
$512.7K
$22,496 of it over break-even
On the table
$10.6K
Margin over cost in 69k bu unpriced, at today's bids.
Reading
Needs a call
2 live crops across 686 acres.

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

686 acres at 149 bu/acre · 102k bu expected

On plan
On plan: 69% sold at $4.08 average, $0.20/bu over break-even

Cash bid $4.05 still clears break-even. Let the working orders rest and revisit at the next rung.

Break-even
$3.88
From their books, Sep 25, 2026.
Cash bid today
$4.05
Board $4.31 with a -$0.26 basis.
Average sold
$4.08
+$0.20 over cost on 70k bu.
Bid over cost
+$0.17
$5,408 across the unpriced bushels.
Priced against pace69% of 80% target
Sold against insured
Sold 70k buInsured 82k bu, typed on the planExpected 102k bu

11k bu left inside the insured bushels.

32k bu unpricedStorage 57k bu, 56% of the crop38k bu basis open70k bu sold, not hauled6,700 bu resting

Resting in the market

InstrumentBushelsTriggerAwayExpires
Forward/HTA
Atchison River Terminal
6,700 bu$4.46 board$0.15Dec 8, 2026

Corn old crop · Dec 2026

597 acres at 155 bu/acre · 93k bu expected

Needs a call
Price the next 20%: the bid is $0.14/bu over break-even at 60% sold against a 95% pace

Locking this tranche at today's bid banks profit with no margin call risk. Insurance guarantees 79k bu, so 37k bu can be contracted without production risk.

19k bu at $4.05 banks $2,591 over break-even.

Break-even
$3.91
From their books, Oct 25, 2026.
Cash bid today
$4.05
Board $4.31 with a -$0.26 basis.
Average sold
$4.06
+$0.15 over cost on 56k bu.
Bid over cost
+$0.14
$5,185 across the unpriced bushels.
Priced against pace60% of 95% target
37k bu unpricedStorage 58k bu, 62% of the crop

Every figure on this page is computed from the desk's records. Nothing here is a trade recommendation to the client: the plan is what they agreed to, the next action is what that plan calls for today, and a person decides.