Copper Creek Farms
Tessa Carver · Thayer County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2025
59k bu at 25% priced
$630.6K under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 23 days1 critical3 other findings(785) 555-2917
1 of 1 break-evens did not come from this family's books. The plans built on them are sound and the numbers under them are what somebody remembered, so the confidence in every margin on the other tabs is capped by that. Worth saying out loud to Tessa Carver rather than leaving implied.
From their books
0%
The rest were stated on a call or estimated from county averages.
Oldest
6 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
| Crop | Break-even | Source | As of | Expected | Cost of the crop | Cash bid over cost | Trusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soybeans new crop · 1,002 acres at 59 bu | $10.32 | County estimate | Feb 9, 2026 6 months old | 59k bu | $610,098 $609/acre | +$0.35 bid $10.67 | 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.