The sarcasm because people don't calculate all the running around and wasted time into their handling charge because the men are salaried
Another farmer co-op goes under
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No we don't- let us know (in the spirit of openness)
Who does grain buyer work for?
Don't doubt that but there sounds to be whispers in the trade which may be equally as damaging.
Loose lips sink ships,etc..
But if anyone has facts they ought to sh!t or get off the pot, because rumours and insinuations can become a self fulfilling prophecy.
Some of us will have grain committed to pools or sold to "co-ops" and such destablising talk, without facts to form a judgement, is unhelpful at best.
But if anyone has facts they ought to sh!t or get off the pot, because rumours and insinuations can become a self fulfilling prophecy.
Some of us will have grain committed to pools or sold to "co-ops" and such destablising talk, without facts to form a judgement, is unhelpful at best.
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does it matter? Anywho.....anyone jumping to conclusions only have themselves to blame. there are dozens of co-ops and grain merchants and as Wellgrain proved, they aren't all bomb proof.
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Ha, taking offence at something that wasn't said......tis the modern way.
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it was more a nod to the uncertainty in the industry. Everyone will have their own view on "one to watch". I still remember the Viking days. You've never seen such a group of loyal supporting members. Viking were still collecting grain the morning of the day they announced they were buggered.
I remember Viking very well.
Thing that offends me most it that certain members were granted the divine foresight to not commit any tonnage that last year, after many years of being faithful.
Don't think anyone ever did get to see a transcript of the inquest did they?
Thing that offends me most it that certain members were granted the divine foresight to not commit any tonnage that last year, after many years of being faithful.
Don't think anyone ever did get to see a transcript of the inquest did they?
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They were appropriate at the time.
Approx 10% in repairs and labour.
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a coop acts as agent for the members grain and does not handle the grain in principle can be 2 farmers upto to thousands of one end user goes bust the loss is shared
a merchant buys the grain off the farmer then resells it to the enduser if the merchant goes bust the individual farmers without grain and money lose out
farmers can spread their risk by being in a coop
or selling to a number of merchants not having all their grain off farm with no money but that makes it hard to move large amounts in a particular week to reduce running about
a merchant buys the grain off the farmer then resells it to the enduser if the merchant goes bust the individual farmers without grain and money lose out
farmers can spread their risk by being in a coop
or selling to a number of merchants not having all their grain off farm with no money but that makes it hard to move large amounts in a particular week to reduce running about
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Most coops tend to trade more than the merchants.......they don't just market their committed tonnage, they buy and sell just like other merchants.
I bet 95% of sheds put up 30 years ago aren't suitable today unless you are still running the same machinery.
Which ones?
There can't be many left! Wessex Grain did 3rd party trading before Cefetra bought them out. Centaur didn't but Grainfarmers did, so Openfield still does it. Fengrain?
Fengrain do definitely