GrainStrategy

Bluestem Family Farms

Marie Wendt · Smith County, KS · Bree Sandoval · client since 2024

856k bu at 82% priced
$3.5M under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 44 days2 other findings(785) 555-9353
352k bu of Corn contracted with no insurance schedule on file. Get the Revenue Protection schedule on file. Until then every contracted bushel is production risk. 1 more findings on this family.
Priced
82%
701k bu of 856k bu · pace 72%
Revenue locked
$2.9M
-$58,197 of it over break-even
On the table
$60.6K
Margin over cost in 155k bu unpriced, at today's bids.
Reading
Hold
2 live crops across 3,447 acres.

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

3,447 acres at 143 bu/acre · 493k bu expected

Hold
352k 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
$3.78
Stated by the client, Jun 9, 2026.
Cash bid today
$4.21
Board $4.44 with a -$0.23 basis.
Average sold
$4.21
+$0.43 over cost on 352k bu.
Bid over cost
+$0.43
$60,553 across the unpriced bushels.
Priced against pace71% of 72% target
141k bu unpricedStorage 364k bu, 74% of the crop80k bu basis open352k bu sold, not hauledNo insurance schedule on file

Corn old crop · Sep 2026

3,079 acres at 118 bu/acre · 363k bu expected

Hold
Cash bid $4.04 is under the $4.61 break-even

No forced sales. Storage covers 46% of the crop, so plan delivery or a basis contract for the rest and let the board come to you.

Break-even
$4.61
Stated by the client, Feb 9, 2026.
Cash bid today
$4.04
Board $4.27 with a -$0.23 basis.
Average sold
$4.01
-$0.60 over cost on 349k bu.
Bid over cost
-$0.57
The market is not paying this family's cost right now.
Priced against pace96% of 95% target
14k bu unpricedStorage 165k bu, 46% of the crop4,800 bu resting

Resting in the market

InstrumentBushelsTriggerAwayExpires
Cash
Concordia Grain
1,900 bu$4.36 board$0.09Good til canceled
Forward/HTA
Concordia Grain
2,900 bu$4.89 cash$0.85Oct 5, 2026

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.