GrainStrategy

Blue Stem Hollow Land & Cattle

Grant Klein · Thayer County, NE · Katie Rennick · client since 2020

320k bu at 60% priced
$1.9M under management
Price to the planCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 11 days10 other findings(785) 555-4466
$1,225,558 is locked across 7 contracts, -$16,681 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
7
191k bu priced, 60% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$1,225,558
-$16,681 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
191k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Jul 7, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Basis14k bu$11.27-$0.31$10.96-$0.07
-$1,001
Nov 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Jun 17, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash38k bu$4.47-$0.15$4.32+$0.36
$13,824
Dec 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
May 23, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash27k bu$4.24-$0.21$4.03+$0.07
$1,883
Dec 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
May 19, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Cash6,200 bu$10.69-$0.38$10.31-$0.72
-$4,464
Nov 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Mar 27, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash58k bu$4.18-$0.18$4.00+$0.04
$2,304
Dec 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Mar 6, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Basis17k bu$11.31-$0.39$10.92-$0.11
-$1,859
Nov 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Jan 11, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Cash31k bu$10.51-$0.36$10.15-$0.88
-$27,368
Nov 2026
Superior Crush
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
Oct 22, 2026SoybeansCheck inSeason check in, no recommendation
Oct 3, 2026CornPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
May 28, 2026SoybeansPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Apr 14, 2026SoybeansCheck inUpdated break-evens from their books
Apr 13, 2026SoybeansPricedPriced the next tranche at the elevator, board plus basis

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.