Interesting experiment

[wilagro]

ado089: Stockholm syndrome perhaps?

[hobbyfrmr]

Ado, you are correct about the battered wives theory.
there is an AV member loaded rail cars of wheat for us destination. I'm pretty sure they were loaded at Prince Albert,sk.
So, there is nothing really stopping opportunities. It depends on whether a farmer really needs the extra money.

[Braveheart]

Ado, I'm glad to hear you shopped around. I divorced the locals for wheat last year and hooked up with a few southerners. It seems we'll be going steady.

JD, it is a bit early to accept those grades. Be patient, and once we're past the season things may well change.

[ado089]

Hobbyfarmr, the three to six months wait for cars is in the way. I'm not as negative as I may seem but when you're not trucking distance from Minneapolis/ Duluth your options shrink real fast.

[JDGreen]

No won't be accepting those grades Braveheart. My point simply being I guess that the visual method of grading simply doesn't work or at the very least is not reliable. After reviewing some more results discovered a sample with 13.5 protein with 57 HVK.. A common moron knows you don't have 13.5 protein in durum with HVK that low.. Went out to shop and pulled the sample and counted myself at 95 HVK.. This is serious as many many "farmers" do not even know the difference when doing a hard count.

[bucket]

Braveheart

Shouldn't matter when he gets it graded it should be the same grade. WTF do you mean after season things might change?

That just means the system is flawed. Why do elevators ask for sample if the grade is going to change?

[bucket]

When I sometimes go behind the counter to watch grading I get the feeling I am annoying them. Too ****ing bad it ain't their grain yet.

And if it's like Braveheart says there maybe more negotiations after the fact.

It's a crooked system.

[Braveheart]

Well Bucket, during harvest, when quality is questionable, grain cos are reluctant to "step up" when it comes to grading. They don't want to get caught. Sorry, for the patronizing style of language.

Every year they want to see how samples compare to previous years. What was a #2 in a high quality year with a lot of #1 around will be a #1 in a year with an abundance of lower grades around.

This is the peril of visual grading vs. grain bought on specs.

[Braveheart]

Annoy away. It's you're grain, and you're right to see.

[mustardman]

Good Ritz and company dud cutbacks on the CGC. To help the grain cos get away with robbery