GrainStrategy

Shortgrass Acres

Sara Wendt · Republic County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2025

43k bu at 74% priced
$246.2K under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 3 months1 other findings(785) 555-6114
Sara Wendt 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
32k bu priced, 74% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$184,008
$17,583 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
32k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Apr 7, 2026Wheat
new crop
Basis11k bu$6.18-$0.30$5.88+$0.63
$6,615
Jul 2027
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Mar 4, 2026Wheat
new crop
Cash5,200 bu$6.10-$0.31$5.79+$0.54
$2,808
Jul 2027
Smith Center Feeders
Not hauled
Dec 18, 2025Wheat
new crop
Forward/HTA16k bu$6.02-$0.26$5.76+$0.51
$8,160
Jul 2027
Smith Center Feeders
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
Jul 31, 2026WheatCheck inSeason check in, no recommendation
Jun 22, 2026WheatPricedFilled the resting order and confirmed the contract
Jan 25, 2026WheatAgreed, not yet executedAgreed to price the next rung, waiting on the delivery window
Jan 20, 2026WheatCheck inWalked through the position and the ladder
Dec 27, 2025WheatDeclinedRecommended fixing basis, client wants to see spring
Dec 20, 2025WheatCheck inWalked through the position and the ladder

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.