Dry Creek Farms

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

966k bu at 67% priced

$6.7M under management

Price to the planCosts from their booksLast spoke in 24 days1 critical5 other findings(785) 555-7262

Position Plan Working Orders Sales Break-evens Livestock Recap

1 rung has passed their sell-by date with the bushels still unpriced. The plan prices those tranches on the calendar rather than the market, which is the whole point of writing a date next to a price. Either price them or agree a new date with the family and write it down.

Milo new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.83 · cash bid $3.85 · 33% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 59% of the cropGuarantee 196k bu

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$4.00	+$0.17	15% 39k bu	Filled	May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$4.24	+$0.41	20% 52k bu	$0.39	Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May	Time stop passed
3	$4.46	+$0.63	24% 63k bu	$0.61	Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May	Due soon

Milo old crop · Sep 2026

Break-even $4.13 · cash bid $3.71 · 72% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 77% of the crop

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$4.33	+$0.20	15% 42k bu	Filled	Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$4.56	+$0.43	15% 42k bu	Filled	Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$4.83	+$0.70	23% 65k bu	Filled	Dec 9, 2026 in 4 months Window Feb-May	Hit
4	$5.03	+$0.90	24% 67k bu	$1.32	Feb 9, 2027 in 6 months Window Feb-May	Working

Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026

Break-even $10.86 · cash bid $10.84 · 76% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 54% of the cropGuarantee 183k bu

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$11.35	+$0.49	15% 32k bu	Filled	May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$12.10	+$1.24	15% 32k bu	Filled	Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$12.67	+$1.81	24% 52k bu	Filled	Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May	Hit

Soybeans old crop · Aug 2026

Break-even $10.55 · cash bid $10.80 · 94% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 71% of the crop

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$11.11	+$0.56	15% 31k bu	Filled	Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$11.71	+$1.16	17% 35k bu	Filled	Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$12.28	+$1.73	24% 50k bu	Filled	Dec 9, 2026 in 4 months Window Feb-May	Hit
4	$12.81	+$2.26	15% 31k bu	Filled	Feb 9, 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.