GrainStrategy

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
$1,386,423 is locked across 4 contracts, $203,898 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
4
234k bu priced, 57% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$1,386,423
$203,898 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
204k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Apr 27, 2026Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA71k bu$4.56-$0.04$4.52+$0.31
$22,134
Dec 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Apr 7, 2026Corn
old crop
Basis53k bu$4.45-$0.09$4.36+$0.05
$2,665
Aug 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Mar 20, 2026Corn
old crop
Cash30k bu$4.41-$0.08$4.33+$0.02
$606
Aug 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Hauled
Feb 13, 2026Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA79k bu$4.67$0.00$4.67+$0.46
$36,524
Dec 2026
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled

Net cash is the board plus the basis, which is the only price the family is actually paid. Where the basis is open the stored figure is today's estimate rather than a settled price, so the average across the account moves until somebody fixes it.

What was advised, and what they decided

DateCropOutcomeRecommendation
May 5, 2026CornPricedPriced the next tranche at the elevator, board plus basis
Jan 16, 2026CornCheck inWalked through the position and the ladder

TODO: the contact history in this demo is synthetic. These are invented conversations and they must be cleared before anybody outside the desk sees this page. The record itself is the point: it is the least glamorous thing in the product and probably the most valuable.