Volume 41, Number 15 | SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
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PRACTICAL PRODUCTION TIPS FOR THE PRAIRIE FARMER
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THE FINE PRINT ON GRAIN CONTRACTS Lee Hart talks to seven Prairie grain farmers about their experiences with grain contracts
By Lee Hart
G
rain contracts: they appear to be a necessary part of doing business for most western Canadian farmers, but how many actually read them? The Canola Council of Canada has published a handy and informative booklet called, “A Practical Guide to Navigate Grain Contracts.” It is a quick and easy, 21-page read which covers many of the points farmers should consider or be aware of when dealing with grain contracts. (See Page 8 for more about this.) With that booklet in mind, a good question to ask producers for The Farmer Panel in this issue is, “Do you read your grain contract?” Answers vary from “yes,” to “no” to “only part of it.” Whether there is a contract or not, most farmer say it is still important to have a good working relationship with their local grain company. If some problem does arise, usually it can be sorted out without dragging the legally binding details of the contract into the discussion, but not always. » continued on page 4
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Dallas Leduc, who farms near Glentworth, Sask., says he hasn’t run into many problems when it comes to meeting contract requirements, although year-to-year price changes can be frustrating.
In This Issue
Wheat & Chaff .................. 2 Features . ........................... 5 Crop Advisor’s Casebook . 8 Columns ............................ 21 Machinery & Shop............. 33 Cattleman’s Corner .......... 42
Grainews goes down under scott garvey page 33
John Deere gets tracks
leeann minogue page 40
FarmLife ............................ 49