Homestead Acres
Nadine Hemmelgarn · Webster County, NE · Bree Sandoval · client since 2026
280k bu at 70% priced
$1.2M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 4 months5 other findings(785) 555-4688
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.
Corn new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $4.20 · cash bid $4.50 · 46% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 55% of the cropGuarantee 118k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.44 | +$0.24 | 15% 22k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.65 | +$0.45 | 15% 22k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.88 | +$0.68 | 25% 37k bu | $0.38 | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Due soon |
Corn old crop · Sep 2026
Break-even $3.84 · cash bid $4.33 · 96% priced against a 95% pace
Ladder covers 54% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.00 | +$0.16 | 15% 20k bu | Filled | Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.26 | +$0.42 | 22% 29k bu | Filled | Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.43 | +$0.59 | 17% 23k bu | Filled | Dec 9, 2026 in 4 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 $4.30 to count as clearing cost.