Big Bluff Ranch
Rhonda Klein · Washington County, KS · Wes Tolliver · client since 2015
337k bu at 83% priced
$3.6M under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 19 days6 other findings(785) 555-5374
The figures below are computed from the desk's records and are the same figures the drafter is handed. The model writes the prose around them and does no arithmetic at all, because a wrong number in a recap is a misrepresentation to a family rather than a bug. If the drafter is unavailable the facts are still here, and the facts are the part that has to be right.
The position, as the family will read it
Expected production
337k bu
Priced
83%
278k bu · plan wants 80% by now
Revenue locked
$2,963,291
$215,353 over cost
Still unpriced
59k bu
Worth $619,137 at today's bids and markets
| Crop | Priced | Average received | Cost of production | Made over cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soybeans (new crop) | 114k bu | $10.39 | $10.62 | -$0.23 -$26,573 |
| Soybeans (old crop) | 164k bu | $10.86 | $9.38 | +$1.48 $241,926 |
The note to send
Nothing drafted yet. The drafter is handed the figures above and asked to explain them, and it is told not to calculate, forecast, or tell the family what to do.
The drafter is given computed figures and forbidden from doing arithmetic, deriving anything, or implying a market forecast. Nobody on this desk knows where the board is going, and a recap that hints otherwise is the one document that could make a family's loss the desk's fault.
A recap is not a recommendation to the family. The advisor recommends, the family decides, and the language is written that way on purpose.