GrainStrategy

Boxelder Farms

Neil Larsen · Cloud County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2024

448k bu at 57% priced · 455 head at 33% sold
$2.9M under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 38 days1 critical4 other findings(785) 555-1733
Pen, Jul placement time stop passed 15 days ago on a 128 head lot. Move 128 head at $182.00/cwt, which is $18,918 over cost, or agree a new date with Neil Larsen and write it down. 4 more findings on this family.
Priced
57%
254k bu of 448k bu · pace 72%
Revenue locked
$1.4M
-$79,290 of it over break-even
On the table
$45.1K
Margin over cost in 194k bu unpriced, at today's bids.
Reading
Needs a call
2 live crops across 1,570 acres.

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

1,570 acres at 140 bu/acre · 220k bu expected

Hold
Cash bid $4.13 is under the $4.30 break-even

No forced sales. Storage covers 79% of the crop, so plan delivery or a basis contract for the rest and let the board come to you.

Break-even
$4.30
Estimated from county averages.
Cash bid today
$4.13
Board $4.44 with a -$0.31 basis.
Average sold
$4.09
-$0.21 over cost on 134k bu.
Bid over cost
-$0.17
The market is not paying this family's cost right now.
Priced against pace61% of 72% target
86k bu unpricedStorage 173k bu, 79% of the crop134k bu sold, not hauled9,700 bu resting42k bu safe to contract

Resting in the market

InstrumentBushelsTriggerAwayExpires
Cash
Mankato Elevator
9,700 bu$4.70 board$0.26Good til canceled

Corn old crop · Sep 2026

1,483 acres at 154 bu/acre · 228k bu expected

Hold
Cash bid $3.96 is under the $4.41 break-even

No forced sales. Storage covers 21% of the crop, so plan delivery or a basis contract for the rest and let the board come to you.

Break-even
$4.41
Estimated from county averages.
Cash bid today
$3.96
Board $4.27 with a -$0.31 basis.
Average sold
$3.87
-$0.54 over cost on 120k bu.
Bid over cost
-$0.45
The market is not paying this family's cost right now.
Priced against pace53% of 95% target
108k bu unpricedStorage 48k bu, 21% of the crop42k bu sold, not hauled13k bu resting

Resting in the market

InstrumentBushelsTriggerAwayExpires
Forward/HTA
Mankato Elevator
13k bu$4.67 cash$0.71Oct 24, 2026

Every figure on this page is computed from the desk's records. Nothing here is a trade recommendation to the client: the plan is what they agreed to, the next action is what that plan calls for today, and a person decides.