GrainStrategy

Painted Sky Ag

Rhonda Boone · Jewell County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2020

803k bu at 69% priced
$3.4M under management
Price to the planCosts from their booksLast spoke in 5 months1 other findings(785) 555-6733
$2,299,435 is locked across 9 contracts, $6,681 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
9
554k bu priced, 69% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$2,299,435
$6,681 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
497k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Apr 23, 2026Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA31k bu$4.31-$0.09$4.22-$0.31
-$9,734
Dec 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Apr 16, 2026Corn
old crop
Basis105k bu$4.30-$0.06$4.24-$0.04
-$4,212
Aug 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Apr 14, 2026Milo
new crop
Forward/HTA108k bu$3.94-$0.18$3.76+$0.27
$29,025
Dec 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Mar 17, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash26k bu$4.63-$0.05$4.58+$0.05
$1,275
Dec 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Mar 15, 2026Corn
old crop
Forward/HTA77k bu$4.22-$0.02$4.20-$0.08
-$6,152
Aug 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Feb 8, 2026Milo
new crop
Forward/HTA44k bu$4.11-$0.17$3.94+$0.45
$19,935
Dec 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Dec 29, 2025Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA21k bu$4.31-$0.01$4.30-$0.23
-$4,738
Dec 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Dec 20, 2025Corn
old crop
Cash57k bu$4.39-$0.02$4.37+$0.09
$5,166
Aug 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Hauled
Nov 24, 2025Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA85k bu$4.31-$0.06$4.25-$0.28
-$23,884
Dec 2026
Smith Center Feeders
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
Jul 19, 2026MiloPricedBooked a forward contract inside the insurance guarantee
May 17, 2026MiloCheck inSeason check in, no recommendation
Apr 20, 2026MiloPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract

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.