Grain marketing advice that's short and actionable

The one-page marketing plan

Fill in one line per item, for each crop. If it does not fit on a page, it is too long to use in a busy week.

• Crop and expected bushels.
• Breakeven per bushel. The floor below which a sale loses money.
• Storage. How many bushels you can hold and for how long.
• Cash-flow dates. Input bills, loan and land payments, and what each one needs in dollars.
• Delivery deadlines. Every contract already signed, with its date.
• Sell levels, dated. A price target above the market and a sell signal below it, written down before price gets there.

Cash flow decides how much to sell. The chart decides when. The selling rules themselves (set levels early, delay in rising markets, sell fast in falling ones) are laid out in 2026 grain selling strategies.

Five habits that keep it short

1. One level per crop. If you cannot state it in one line, it is not a level.
2. Put contract deadlines on the calendar now, so they do not make the decision for you later.
3. Check your levels once a week, not every tick.
4. Write down every sale and why.
5. Review decisions afterward, not while price is moving.

Focus on the price, not the noise.

What short advice looks like in practice

A Klarenbach Grain Report email covers one crop at a time: the chart, the level, whether it is a Take-Profit Price Target or a Bearish Sell Signal, a short video and a text summary. It is built to be read in a minute or two and acted on, not studied.

"They're well versed, brief, only take a minute or two to read and you give an opinion of what you think as well as providing some charts for evidence as to why." Anthony Hopson, farmer, Kindersley, Saskatchewan

Common questions

How long should a grain marketing plan be?

One page per year is enough for most farms: bushels, breakeven, storage, cash-flow dates, delivery deadlines and a dated sell level for each crop.

What is the most useful number in grain marketing?

The sell level you set in advance for each crop. Breakeven tells you what a sale is worth. The level tells you when to make it.

How much of my crop should I sell?

There is no percentage rule that fits every farm. Your cash-flow dates, storage and contract deadlines decide the bushels. Klarenbach Research gives sell signals but does not tell you what percentage to sell.

How often should I review my plan?

Check sell levels weekly and after big moves. Review the whole page after harvest and again before seeding.

Where Klarenbach fits

You keep the plan. The Klarenbach Grain Report and Special Crops Report supply the dated sell levels for each crop, independently and with no commissions, and marketing decisions remain yours. $157.50 a month or $1,575 a year, CAD plus tax, with a free 30-day trial. Start the trial.