GrainStrategy

Buffalo Gap Farms

Beth Jansen · Jewell County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2021

629k bu at 67% priced · 3,739 head at 0% sold
$11.7M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 22 days1 critical12 other findings(785) 555-3080
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 $3.98 · cash bid $3.48 · 53% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 48% of the cropGuarantee 88k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.21+$0.2315%
18k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.42+$0.4417%
20k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.65+$0.6716%
19k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit

Milo old crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.48 · cash bid $3.48 · 93% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 66% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$3.68+$0.2015%
16k bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$3.86+$0.3819%
20k bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.04+$0.5616%
17k bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 months
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$4.25+$0.7716%
17k bu
FilledApr 25, 2027
in 6 months
Window Feb-May
Hit

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.79 · cash bid $3.85 · 66% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 56% of the cropGuarantee 141k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$3.97+$0.1815%
30k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.22+$0.4320%
40k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.40+$0.6121%
42k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit

Corn old crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $4.48 · cash bid $3.85 · 64% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 69% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.72+$0.2415%
31k bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.97+$0.4923%
47k bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$5.22+$0.7415%
31k bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 months
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$5.40+$0.9216%
33k bu
$1.55Apr 25, 2027
in 6 months
Window Feb-May
Working

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 $4.08 to count as clearing cost.