GrainStrategy

Sandhill Farms

Troy Ostrander · Republic County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2025

250k bu at 85% priced
$1M under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 42 days4 other findings(785) 555-4898
95k bu of Milo contracted with no insurance schedule on file. Get the Revenue Protection schedule on file. Until then every contracted bushel is production risk. 3 more findings on this family.
Priced
85%
214k bu of 250k bu · pace 72%
Revenue locked
$856.8K
$63,188 of it over break-even
On the table
$6.2K
Margin over cost in 37k bu unpriced, at today's bids.
Reading
Hold
2 live crops across 1,262 acres.

Milo new crop · Dec 2026

1,262 acres at 100 bu/acre · 126k bu expected

Hold
95k bu of new crop is contracted with no insurance guarantee on file

Forward sales are being screened against nothing. Get the Revenue Protection schedule on file, or treat every contracted bushel as production risk until it is.

Break-even
$3.95
Estimated from county averages.
Cash bid today
$4.08
Board $4.05 with a $0.03 basis.
Average sold
$4.06
+$0.11 over cost on 95k bu.
Bid over cost
+$0.13
$4,095 across the unpriced bushels.
Priced against pace75% of 72% target
32k bu unpricedStorage 79k bu, 62% of the crop95k bu sold, not hauledNo insurance schedule on file

Milo old crop · Sep 2026

1,161 acres at 107 bu/acre · 124k bu expected

On plan
On plan: 96% sold at $3.96 average, $0.44/bu over break-even

Cash bid $3.94 still clears break-even. Let the working orders rest and revisit at the next rung.

Break-even
$3.52
Estimated from county averages.
Cash bid today
$3.94
Board $3.91 with a $0.03 basis.
Average sold
$3.96
+$0.44 over cost on 119k bu.
Bid over cost
+$0.42
$2,111 across the unpriced bushels.
Priced against pace96% of 95% target
5,027 bu unpricedStorage 78k bu, 63% of the crop75k bu basis open44k bu sold, not hauled700 bu resting

Resting in the market

InstrumentBushelsTriggerAwayExpires
Forward/HTA
Atchison River Terminal
700 bu$4.03 board$0.12Good til canceled

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.