GrainStrategy

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
$1,727,857 is locked across 2 contracts, $301,879 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
2
134k bu priced, 68% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$1,727,857
$301,879 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
134k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Apr 16, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash96k bu$4.27-$0.16$4.11+$0.19
$18,316
Dec 2026
Washington County Elevator
Not hauled
Feb 21, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash38k bu$4.46-$0.13$4.33+$0.41
$15,457
Dec 2026
Washington County Elevator
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 18, 2026CornPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Jan 22, 2026CornPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Nov 8, 2025CornPricedFixed the basis on an open HTA

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.