GrainStrategy

Spring Branch Grain Co

Lyle Wendt · Mitchell County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2025

338k bu at 86% priced
$1.7M under management
Self directedCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 23 days2 other findings(785) 555-6028
Lyle Wendt has declined a recommendation 2 times 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
5
292k bu priced, 86% of expected production.
Revenue locked
$1,477,121
-$78,129 of it over break-even.
Basis left open
0 bu
Board locked, cash price not yet settled.
Sold, not hauled
239k bu
Contracted bushels that still have to physically move.

Contracts

PricedCropInstrumentBushelsBoardBasisNet cashOver costDelivery
Jun 23, 2026Wheat
old crop
Basis100k bu$5.35-$0.58$4.77-$0.85
-$85,255
Oct 2026
Concordia Grain
Not hauled
Jun 20, 2026Wheat
new crop
Forward/HTA69k bu$5.79-$0.64$5.15+$0.13
$8,970
Jul 2027
Concordia Grain
Not hauled
May 29, 2026Wheat
old crop
Cash53k bu$5.60-$0.57$5.03-$0.59
-$31,211
Oct 2026
Concordia Grain
Hauled
May 6, 2026Wheat
new crop
Cash39k bu$6.11-$0.64$5.47+$0.45
$17,550
Jul 2027
Concordia Grain
Not hauled
Apr 11, 2026Wheat
new crop
Forward/HTA30k bu$5.96-$0.55$5.41+$0.39
$11,817
Jul 2027
Concordia Grain
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
Apr 5, 2026WheatDeclinedRecommended moving old crop, client is holding for a rally
Mar 30, 2026WheatDeclinedRecommended moving old crop, client is holding for a rally
Mar 25, 2026WheatCheck inSeason check in, no recommendation

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.