GrainStrategy

High Plains Ag

Gary Iverson · Jewell County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2016

111k bu at 59% priced
$688K under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 43 days1 critical8 other findings(785) 555-6816
3 break-evens are more than 6 months old. Every target, every margin and every recommendation on those crops is measured against numbers set before this season's fertilizer, fuel and cash rent were known. Getting Gary Iverson onto Farmer Metrics is what stops this being a phone call every six months. See the referral path.
From their books
0%
The rest were stated on a call or estimated from county averages.
Oldest
9 mo
The desk treats anything past 6 months as not trusted.
Desk cushion
$0.10
A break-even is an estimate, so pricing exactly at one is pricing at the midpoint of an error bar.
On Farmer Metrics
No
Costs have to be collected by phone every season.

Cost of production, by crop

CropBreak-evenSourceAs ofExpectedCost of the cropCash bid over costTrusted
Wheat
new crop · 627 acres at 55 bu
$4.93County estimateDec 9, 2025
8 months old
34k bu$170,011
$271/acre
+$0.84
bid $5.77
Out of date
Wheat
old crop · 615 acres at 48 bu
$5.37County estimateNov 9, 2025
9 months old
30k bu$158,522
$258/acre
-$0.15
bid $5.22
Out of date
Soybeans
new crop · 256 acres at 47 bu
$10.11County estimateNov 9, 2025
9 months old
12k bu$121,644
$475/acre
+$0.55
bid $10.66
Out of date
Soybeans
old crop · 223 acres at 40 bu
$9.94County estimateMay 9, 2026
3 months old
8,920 bu$88,665
$398/acre
+$0.68
bid $10.62
With a caveat
Corn
new crop · 215 acres at 123 bu
$4.57Stated on a callMar 9, 2026
5 months old
26k bu$120,854
$562/acre
-$0.44
bid $4.13
With a caveat

The desk treats a break-even older than 6 months as not trusted, because six months spans a planting-to-harvest change in fertilizer, fuel and cash rent. A February break-even used to justify an August sale is a different farm's numbers.

Cost per acre is the cost of the crop divided by planted acres, so it moves with yield as well as with cost. A good year lowers the cost per bushel without a single input getting cheaper, which is the part clients find hardest to believe and the reason the plan is written in dollars per bushel.