GrainStrategy

Pawnee Ridge Family Farms

Elaine Carver · Nuckolls County, NE · Owen Speck · client since 2022

722k bu at 85% priced
$2.9M under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 8 days8 other findings(785) 555-9110
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 $4.12 · cash bid $3.67 · 78% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 57% of the cropGuarantee 167k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.29+$0.1715%
31k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.59+$0.4725%
52k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.76+$0.6417%
36k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.89 · cash bid $4.14 · 83% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 75% of the cropGuarantee 245k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.06+$0.1715%
43k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.30+$0.4117%
49k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.52+$0.6318%
52k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$4.74+$0.8525%
72k bu
FilledJan 25, 2027
in 3 months
Window Feb-May
Hit

Corn old crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $4.20 · cash bid $4.14 · 94% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 51% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.43+$0.2315%
34k bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.67+$0.4716%
36k bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.86+$0.6620%
45k bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 months
Window Feb-May
Hit

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 $4.22 to count as clearing cost.