Flint Ridge Farms
Lori Boone · Republic County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2022
113k bu at 72% priced · 189 head at 65% sold
$750.3K under management
Price to the planCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 16 days(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 $4.39 · 72% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 69% of the cropGuarantee 96k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.08 | +$0.17 | 15% 17k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.32 | +$0.41 | 18% 20k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.51 | +$0.60 | 16% 18k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.74 | +$0.83 | 20% 23k bu | Filled | Nov 9, 2026 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.