GrainStrategy

Goose Creek Grain Co

Vern Larsen · Clay County, KS · Wes Tolliver · client since 2018

143k bu at 68% priced · 353 head at 66% sold
$1.1M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 4 months8 other findings(785) 555-7967
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.

Wheat new crop · Jul 2027

Break-even $4.90 · cash bid $5.75 · 50% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 70% of the cropGuarantee 20k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$5.16+$0.2615%
4,382 bu
FilledMay 9, 2026
4 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$5.46+$0.5615%
4,382 bu
FilledJul 9, 2026
46 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$5.68+$0.7817%
4,966 bu
FilledSep 9, 2026
in 16 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$5.94+$1.0423%
6,719 bu
$0.19Nov 9, 2026
in 3 months
Window Feb-May
Working

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.90 · cash bid $4.21 · 73% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 76% of the cropGuarantee 86k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.11+$0.2115%
17k bu
FilledMay 9, 2026
4 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.34+$0.4420%
23k bu
FilledJul 9, 2026
46 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.49+$0.5920%
23k bu
FilledSep 9, 2026
in 16 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$4.77+$0.8721%
24k bu
$0.56Nov 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 $5.00 to count as clearing cost.