GrainStrategy

Deer Trail Ag

Nadine Hemmelgarn · Republic County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2015

48k bu at 70% priced
$517.3K under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 25 days(785) 555-5471
Nadine Hemmelgarn has declined a recommendation 1 time on this account. That is a client's right on their own grain, and the dated record of it below is what protects both sides of the conversation later.
Contracts
3
34k bu priced, 70% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$362,263
$41,839 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
34k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
May 15, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Basis14k bu$10.66-$0.21$10.45+$0.97
$13,095
Nov 2026
Mankato Elevator
Not hauled
Feb 27, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Cash6,500 bu$10.95-$0.19$10.76+$1.28
$8,320
Nov 2026
Mankato Elevator
Not hauled
Dec 30, 2025Soybeans
new crop
Cash14k bu$11.23-$0.27$10.96+$1.48
$20,424
Nov 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
May 18, 2026SoybeansPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
May 9, 2026SoybeansPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Dec 26, 2025SoybeansDeclinedRecommended moving old crop, client is holding for a rally
Nov 28, 2025SoybeansNo answerLeft a message about the next tranche

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.