GrainStrategy

Blue Stem Hollow Land & Cattle

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

320k bu at 54% priced
$2M under management
Price to the planCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 26 days3 other findings(785) 555-4466
$1,210,862 is locked across 7 contracts, $40,299 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
7
173k bu priced, 54% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$1,210,862
$40,299 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
173k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Apr 21, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Basis14k bu$11.29-$0.01$11.28+$0.25
$3,575
Nov 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Apr 1, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash33k bu$4.60$0.08$4.68+$0.72
$23,544
Dec 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Mar 7, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash23k bu$4.37$0.02$4.39+$0.43
$9,847
Dec 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Mar 3, 2026Soybeans
new crop
Cash6,200 bu$10.71-$0.08$10.63-$0.40
-$2,480
Nov 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Jan 9, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash49k bu$4.31$0.05$4.36+$0.40
$19,680
Dec 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Dec 19, 2025Soybeans
new crop
Basis17k bu$11.33-$0.09$11.24+$0.21
$3,549
Nov 2026
Superior Crush
Not hauled
Oct 26, 2025Soybeans
new crop
Cash31k bu$10.53-$0.06$10.47-$0.56
-$17,416
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
Aug 6, 2026SoybeansCheck inSeason check in, no recommendation
Jul 18, 2026CornPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Mar 12, 2026SoybeansPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Jan 27, 2026SoybeansCheck inUpdated break-evens from their books
Jan 26, 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.