Spring Branch Acres
Lyle Carver · Jewell County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2015
437k bu at 63% priced
$1.8M under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 16 days4 other findings(785) 555-6437
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.
Milo new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $4.20 · cash bid $3.83 · 74% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 66% of the cropGuarantee 199k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.37 | +$0.17 | 15% 35k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.67 | +$0.47 | 15% 35k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.88 | +$0.68 | 19% 44k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $5.12 | +$0.92 | 17% 40k bu | Filled | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Hit |
Corn new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $3.94 · cash bid $4.39 · 50% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 78% of the cropGuarantee 163k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.17 | +$0.23 | 15% 30k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.32 | +$0.38 | 23% 47k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.58 | +$0.64 | 23% 47k bu | $0.19 | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Due soon |
| 4 | $4.82 | +$0.88 | 17% 35k bu | $0.43 | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Working |
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 $4.30 to count as clearing cost.