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
The figures below are computed from the desk's records and are the same figures the drafter is handed. The model writes the prose around them and does no arithmetic at all, because a wrong number in a recap is a misrepresentation to a family rather than a bug. If the drafter is unavailable the facts are still here, and the facts are the part that has to be right.
The position, as the family will read it
Expected production
966k bu
Priced
71%
684k bu · plan wants 80% by now
Revenue locked
$5,051,297
-$194,699 over cost
Still unpriced
282k bu
Worth $1,327,462 at today's bids and markets
| Crop | Priced | Average received | Cost of production | Made over cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milo (new crop) | 107k bu | $3.41 | $3.83 | -$0.42 -$44,547 |
| Milo (old crop) | 203k bu | $3.42 | $4.13 | -$0.71 -$143,346 |
| Soybeans (new crop) | 179k bu | $10.85 | $10.86 | -$0.01 -$1,986 |
| Soybeans (old crop) | 195k bu | $10.53 | $10.55 | -$0.02 -$4,820 |
The note to send
Nothing drafted yet. The drafter is handed the figures above and asked to explain them, and it is told not to calculate, forecast, or tell the family what to do.
The drafter is given computed figures and forbidden from doing arithmetic, deriving anything, or implying a market forecast. Nobody on this desk knows where the board is going, and a recap that hints otherwise is the one document that could make a family's loss the desk's fault.
A recap is not a recommendation to the family. The advisor recommends, the family decides, and the language is written that way on purpose.