Cottonwood Farms
Elaine Jansen · Cloud County, KS · Bree Sandoval · client since 2022
69k bu at 84% priced
$380.6K under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 35 days3 other findings(785) 555-4931
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.
Wheat new crop · Jul 2027
Break-even $5.73 · cash bid $5.76 · 73% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 76% of the cropGuarantee 27k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5.98 | +$0.25 | 15% 5,463 bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $6.38 | +$0.65 | 24% 8,740 bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $6.63 | +$0.90 | 22% 8,012 bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $6.92 | +$1.19 | 15% 5,463 bu | $1.16 | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Working |
Wheat old crop · Sep 2026
Break-even $5.13 · cash bid $5.21 · 97% priced against a 95% pace
Ladder covers 49% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5.34 | +$0.21 | 15% 4,916 bu | Filled | Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $5.64 | +$0.51 | 17% 5,571 bu | Filled | Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $5.91 | +$0.78 | 17% 5,571 bu | Filled | Dec 9, 2026 in 4 months Window Feb-May | Hit |
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 $5.83 to count as clearing cost.