GrainStrategy

Cottonwood Acres

Lori Tillman · Clay County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2021

700k bu at 72% priced
$2.7M under management
Price to the planCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 16 days(785) 555-6537
Lori Tillman has declined a recommendation 1 time on this account. That is a client's right on their own grain, and the dated record of it below is what protects both sides of the conversation later.
Contracts
3
503k bu priced, 72% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$1,899,092
-$125,983 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
503k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Apr 9, 2026Milo
new crop
Cash217k bu$4.02-$0.22$3.80-$0.23
-$50,002
Dec 2026
Mankato Elevator
Not hauled
Feb 28, 2026Milo
new crop
Cash156k bu$3.92-$0.22$3.70-$0.33
-$51,414
Dec 2026
Mankato Elevator
Not hauled
Jan 3, 2026Milo
new crop
Cash129k bu$4.12-$0.28$3.84-$0.19
-$24,567
Dec 2026
Mankato 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
Dec 29, 2025MiloDeclinedRecommended fixing basis, client wants to see spring
Nov 5, 2025MiloAgreed, not yet executedAgreed to move old crop once trucking frees up

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.