GrainStrategy

Limestone Farms

Kirby Boone · Webster County, NE · Katie Rennick · client since 2021

97k bu at 69% priced · 192 head at 69% sold
$630.7K under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 30 days3 other findings(785) 555-7209
3,700 bu of Corn is $0.03/bu from filling. Call Kirby Boone before this fills. They have asked to hear from you first, and a fill they did not expect is a conversation you do not want to have afterwards. 2 more findings on this family.
Priced
69%
66k bu of 97k bu · pace 72%
Revenue locked
$432.1K
$46,394 of it over break-even
On the table
$30.6K
Margin over cost in 30k bu unpriced, at today's bids.
Reading
Hold
3 live crops across 541 acres.

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

192 acres at 149 bu/acre · 29k bu expected

Hold
Cash bid $4.20 is under the $4.53 break-even

No forced sales. Storage covers 38% of the crop, so plan delivery or a basis contract for the rest and let the board come to you.

Break-even
$4.53
Stated by the client, Feb 9, 2026.
Cash bid today
$4.20
Board $4.44 with a -$0.24 basis.
Average sold
$4.21
-$0.32 over cost on 21k bu.
Bid over cost
-$0.33
The market is not paying this family's cost right now.
Priced against pace74% of 72% target
7,308 bu unpricedStorage 11k bu, 38% of the crop21k bu sold, not hauled3,000 bu safe to contract

Corn old crop · Sep 2026

187 acres at 174 bu/acre · 33k bu expected

Hold
Cash bid $4.03 is under the $4.34 break-even

No forced sales. Storage covers 74% of the crop, so plan delivery or a basis contract for the rest and let the board come to you.

Break-even
$4.34
Stated by the client, May 9, 2026.
Cash bid today
$4.03
Board $4.27 with a -$0.24 basis.
Average sold
$4.06
-$0.28 over cost on 19k bu.
Bid over cost
-$0.31
The market is not paying this family's cost right now.
Priced against pace59% of 95% target
13k bu unpricedStorage 24k bu, 74% of the crop3,700 bu resting

Resting in the market

InstrumentBushelsTriggerAwayExpires
Forward/HTA
Hebron Farmers Co-op
3,700 bu$4.30 board$0.03
Near
Sep 27, 2026

Milo new crop · Dec 2026

349 acres at 102 bu/acre · 36k bu expected

Hold
Cash bid $3.85 is under the $4.03 break-even

No forced sales. Storage covers 40% of the crop, so plan delivery or a basis contract for the rest and let the board come to you.

Break-even
$4.03
Stated by the client, Dec 9, 2025.
Cash bid today
$3.85
Board $4.05 with a -$0.20 basis.
Average sold
$3.79
-$0.24 over cost on 26k bu.
Bid over cost
-$0.18
The market is not paying this family's cost right now.
Priced against pace73% of 72% target
9,698 bu unpricedStorage 14k bu, 40% of the crop9,300 bu basis open26k bu sold, not hauled2,600 bu safe to contract

Every figure on this page is computed from the desk's records. Nothing here is a trade recommendation to the client: the plan is what they agreed to, the next action is what that plan calls for today, and a person decides.