GrainStrategy

Dry Creek Farms

Gary Voss · Washington County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2023

966k bu at 71% priced
$6.4M under management
Price to the planCosts from their booksLast spoke in 9 days9 other findings(785) 555-7262
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.

Milo new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.83 · cash bid $3.48 · 41% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 59% of the cropGuarantee 196k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.00+$0.1715%
39k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.24+$0.4120%
52k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.46+$0.6324%
63k bu
$0.98Nov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Working

Milo old crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $4.13 · cash bid $3.48 · 72% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 77% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.33+$0.2015%
42k bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.56+$0.4315%
42k bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.83+$0.7023%
65k bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 months
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$5.03+$0.9024%
67k bu
$1.55Apr 25, 2027
in 6 months
Window Feb-May
Working

Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026

Break-even $10.86 · cash bid $10.52 · 83% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 54% of the cropGuarantee 183k bu
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$11.35+$0.4915%
32k bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$12.10+$1.2415%
32k bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$12.67+$1.8124%
52k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit

Soybeans old crop · Nov 2026

Break-even $10.55 · cash bid $10.52 · 94% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 71% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$11.11+$0.5615%
31k bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$11.71+$1.1617%
35k bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$12.28+$1.7324%
50k bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 months
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$12.81+$2.2615%
31k bu
FilledApr 25, 2027
in 6 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 $3.93 to count as clearing cost.