GrainStrategy

Painted Sky Family Farms

Beth Ellison · Mitchell County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2023

645k bu at 51% priced
$2.7M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 16 days2 other findings(785) 555-2054
$1,373,854 is locked across 4 contracts, -$27,536 of it over this family's cost of production. Every one of those decisions has a dated record behind it.
Contracts
4
329k bu priced, 51% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$1,373,854
-$27,536 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
251k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
May 13, 2026Corn
old crop
Basis71k bu$4.37-$0.28$4.09+$0.13
$9,178
Aug 2026
Concordia Grain
Not hauled
Apr 25, 2026Corn
new crop
Forward/HTA96k bu$4.61-$0.26$4.35-$0.15
-$14,400
Dec 2026
Concordia Grain
Not hauled
Mar 21, 2026Corn
new crop
Cash84k bu$4.31-$0.27$4.04-$0.46
-$38,778
Dec 2026
Concordia Grain
Not hauled
Feb 12, 2026Corn
old crop
Forward/HTA78k bu$4.41-$0.24$4.17+$0.21
$16,464
Aug 2026
Concordia Grain
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
Jul 31, 2026CornPricedPriced the next tranche at the elevator, board plus basis
May 15, 2026CornCheck inWalked through the position and the ladder
May 8, 2026CornAgreed, not yet executedAgreed to place a resting order at the next target
Nov 29, 2025CornCheck inWalked through the position and the ladder
Nov 12, 2025CornPricedFixed the basis on an open HTA

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.