Ash Hollow Farms
Peg Dahlke · Clay County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2015
412k bu at 57% priced · 354 head at 67% sold
$2.3M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 29 days5 other findings(785) 555-4281
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.
Corn new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $4.21 · cash bid $4.39 · 69% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 59% of the cropGuarantee 163k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.42 | +$0.21 | 15% 33k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.68 | +$0.47 | 21% 46k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.92 | +$0.71 | 23% 50k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
Corn old crop · Sep 2026
Break-even $4.31 · cash bid $4.22 · 43% priced against a 95% pace
Ladder covers 51% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.53 | +$0.22 | 15% 29k bu | Filled | Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.76 | +$0.45 | 21% 41k bu | Filled | Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.99 | +$0.68 | 15% 29k bu | $0.77 | Dec 9, 2026 in 4 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 $4.31 to count as clearing cost.