GrainStrategy

Elm Grove Ranch

Kristin Grosshans · Thayer County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2023

260k bu at 76% priced
$1.1M under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 12 days5 other findings(785) 555-4331
Wheat is 51% sold against a 80% pace with the bid $0.15/bu over cost. Price 14k bu through the elevator, which banks $2,120 over cost with no margin call risk. 4 more findings on this family.
Priced
76%
198k bu of 260k bu · pace 80%
Revenue locked
$802.5K
-$37,340 of it over break-even
On the table
$3.6K
Margin over cost in 62k bu unpriced, at today's bids.
Reading
Hold
3 live crops across 1,455 acres.

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

563 acres at 177 bu/acre · 100k bu expected

Hold
Cash bid $3.84 is under the $4.11 break-even

No forced sales. Storage covers 51% of the crop, so plan delivery or a basis contract for the rest and let the board come to you.

Break-even
$4.11
Stated by the client, Aug 25, 2026.
Cash bid today
$3.84
Board $4.31 with a -$0.47 basis.
Average sold
$3.91
-$0.20 over cost on 68k bu.
Bid over cost
-$0.27
The market is not paying this family's cost right now.
Priced against pace68% of 80% target
Sold against insured
Sold 68k buInsured 70k bu, typed on the planExpected 100k bu

2,000 bu left inside the insured bushels.

32k bu unpricedStorage 51k bu, 51% of the crop68k bu sold, not hauled4,100 bu resting

Resting in the market

InstrumentBushelsTriggerAwayExpires
Cash
Hebron Farmers Co-op
4,100 bu$4.52 board$0.21Jan 3, 2027

Corn old crop · Dec 2026

554 acres at 202 bu/acre · 112k bu expected

Hold
Cash bid $3.84 is under the $4.13 break-even

No forced sales. Storage covers 36% of the crop, so plan delivery or a basis contract for the rest and let the board come to you.

Break-even
$4.13
Stated by the client, Oct 25, 2026.
Cash bid today
$3.84
Board $4.31 with a -$0.47 basis.
Average sold
$3.86
-$0.27 over cost on 106k bu.
Bid over cost
-$0.29
The market is not paying this family's cost right now.
Priced against pace95% of 95% target
6,108 bu unpricedStorage 40k bu, 36% of the crop31k bu sold, not hauled

Wheat new crop · Jul 2027

892 acres at 54 bu/acre · 48k bu expected

On plan
On plan: 51% sold at $5.31 average, $0.22/bu over break-even

Cash bid $5.24 still clears break-even. Let the working orders rest and revisit at the next rung.

Break-even
$5.09
Stated by the client, Apr 25, 2026.
Cash bid today
$5.24
Board $5.90 with a -$0.66 basis.
Average sold
$5.31
+$0.22 over cost on 24k bu.
Bid over cost
+$0.15
$3,565 across the unpriced bushels.
Priced against pace51% of 80% target
Sold against insured
Sold 24k buInsured 41k bu, typed on the planExpected 48k bu

17k bu left inside the insured bushels.

24k bu unpricedStorage 23k bu, 47% of the crop24k bu sold, not hauled

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.