Limestone Farms LLC
Dell Hemmelgarn · Mitchell County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2020
96k bu at 82% priced
$426.9K under management
Call before pricingCosts from their booksLast spoke in 41 days3 other findings(785) 555-5083
Every break-even on this account came out of Dell Hemmelgarn'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
| Crop | Break-even | Source | As of | Expected | Cost of the crop | Cash bid over cost | Trusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat new crop · 358 acres at 53 bu | $5.90 | Their books | Jun 9, 2026 2 months old | 19k bu | $111,947 $313/acre | -$0.15 bid $5.75 | Yes |
| Corn new crop · 281 acres at 139 bu | $3.94 | Their books | Jun 9, 2026 2 months old | 39k bu | $153,892 $548/acre | +$0.27 bid $4.21 | Yes |
| Corn old crop · 255 acres at 149 bu | $4.55 | Their books | Aug 9, 2026 | 38k bu | $172,877 $678/acre | -$0.51 bid $4.04 | 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.