Deer Trail Farms
Dell Yoder · Clay County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2019
197k bu at 68% priced · 1,310 head at 35% sold
$4.2M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 32 days1 critical4 other findings(785) 555-8625
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 $3.92 · cash bid $4.30 · 68% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 75% of the cropGuarantee 138k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.15 | +$0.23 | 15% 30k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.35 | +$0.43 | 17% 34k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.57 | +$0.65 | 22% 43k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.73 | +$0.81 | 21% 41k bu | $0.43 | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 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 $4.02 to count as clearing cost.