GrainStrategy

Flint Ridge Farms

Lori Boone · Republic County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2022

113k bu at 80% priced · 189 head at 95% sold
$693K under management
Price to the planCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 1 day4 other findings(785) 555-1588
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 $3.91 · cash bid $4.03 · 80% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 69% of the cropGuarantee 96k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.08+$0.1715%
17k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.32+$0.4118%
20k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.51+$0.6016%
18k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$4.74+$0.8320%
23k bu
FilledJan 25, 2027
in 3 months
Window Feb-May
Hit

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 $4.01 to count as clearing cost.