Prairie Fire Ag
Dana Eichhorn · Washington County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2024
128k bu at 69% priced
$583.4K under management
Call before pricingCosts from their booksLast spoke in 4 months3 other findings(785) 555-9592
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 $4.15 · cash bid $4.21 · 76% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 53% of the cropGuarantee 81k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.35 | +$0.20 | 15% 15k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.58 | +$0.43 | 15% 15k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.80 | +$0.65 | 23% 23k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
Wheat new crop · Jul 2027
Break-even $5.06 · cash bid $5.75 · 40% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 71% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5.32 | +$0.26 | 15% 3,948 bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $5.59 | +$0.53 | 18% 4,738 bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $5.84 | +$0.78 | 17% 4,474 bu | $0.09 | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Due soon |
| 4 | $6.10 | +$1.04 | 21% 5,527 bu | $0.35 | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Working |
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 $4.25 to count as clearing cost.