Protein discounts/premiums changing today.

[wmoebis]

CGC does check to ensure grading is done properly at elevators.

If you feel your protein isn't right you can ask them to do it again or if you want you can submit it to the CGC for a grade dispute. They grade the sample and what they grade it as stands and what the elevator has to bill it as. Be it a protein or grade issue.

How do they check? I told CGC of a few elevators that were doing dockage wrong their reply was send us the samplees with $50 and we will assess it. No check up on elev even tho it is illegal.

[LWeber]

How do they check? I told CGC of a few elevators that were doing dockage wrong their reply was send us the samplees with $50 and we will assess it. No check up on elev even tho it is illegal.

Lifted from their website:

the Canadian Grain Commission’s strategic outcome to ensure that, “Canada’s grain is safe, reliable, and marketable and Canadian grain producers are properly compensated for grain deliveries to licensed grain companies.”

[wmoebis]

Lifted from their website:

the Canadian Grain Commission’s strategic outcome to ensure that, “Canada’s grain is safe, reliable, and marketable and Canadian grain producers are properly compensated for grain deliveries to licensed grain companies.”

Yes and The Grain Act clearly states it is illegal to misrepresent grade or dkg. And the penalties for doing so. Do you think they have been doing a good job of upholding mandate?

[LWeber]

Yes and The Grain Act clearly states it is illegal to misrepresent grade or dkg. And the penalties for doing so. Do you think they have been doing a good job of upholding mandate?

they have sucked ever since the assistant commissioners were jettisoned from regional offices

[wmoebis]

they have sucked ever since the assistant commissioners were jettisoned from regional offices

Thank You! I totally agree. We need them or similar back.

[ajl]

Hmmm , that's a stretch there AJL .
The skill set of most farmers would blow away most average works by a long way .

That is what farmers like to think but reality today is that there is a lot of competition out there as highly skilled individuals have been laid off by the energy industry. Unfortunately, as my operation is small, I have to pay attention to the job market and find there is much less opportunity out there than most farmers think.

[Oliver88]

If 15.5 pro is $1.30 premium, sell September/October 2018 2 CWRS 15.5. Odds are protein will be higher, as everyone will hammer the N to wheat b/c they didn't like the discounts this year. Only way for the spreads to go next year is narrower. When you deliver 13.5 pro next fall, if spreads are more historical, 5 cents a half for example, you get a 20 cent discount. Don't think every company will let you do it, some may have different spreads for new crop pricing, but it's worth looking into.

After looking on the Viterra website you will gain a total of a 5 cent premium for #1, 15.5 PRO vs #1, 13.5 PRO.

Good theory but it doesn't look like that plan will work at Viterra.
(Maybe other destinations but not there.)

[farmaholic]

Always remember who is in charge of setting the premiums and discounts AFTER the facts are known. Why should you carry that risk? Ask for premium and discount schedule that is binding on the contract you sign.....think you'll get it? What a stupid question...

[westernvicki]

Get together with your neighbors and buy a protein tester likely a decent investment with the protein spreads.

[farmaholic]

......"probed" sample takes precedence, is better and more accurate. Damned if they'll take your word on a good overall representative farm sample....back to the CGC or an " independent" third-party analysis paid for by who?

[farmaholic]

SGS and "Glencore" are both Swiss based companies. Any dots?

[wmoebis]

Get together with your neighbors and buy a protein tester likely a decent investment with the protein spreads.

Your own protien machine is only good for binning and getting idea of where it's at.

Best recommendation I have is divide a sample in 1/2 send 1 to CGC take the other 1/2 with you to elev and have them run it everytime you sell just to check thier machine. Then you know if you should be sending away.

CGC does not monìtor elev machines.