Moisture testers

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And now, boys and girls, you see why our grandfathers and great grandfathers revolted against the "line companies" and set up the Pools a hundred years ago. All those stories we used to hear and quietly snicker at behind the old men's backs really weren't bullshit after all. In the end the Pools were no better than the line companies but they did provide competition to the families. The concept was revived with the farmer-owned terminals but the original shareholders have taken their money and ran, the families added those terminals to their warm embrace, and so here we are.

The grain commission might as well fold for all the good they do. Send in your harvest samples, get your wheat graded 2 Red. Then take the same samples to the elevators and bingo, it's 3 RS. "But the GC said it's a 2." "Oh no we have to go by our grading." Pick at each load's sample with the magnifying glass and tweezers - what the hell did I bother collecting all those pails of samples for at harvest? Waste of time and gas running all over the country with samples.

God I'm glad retirement is near.

There are ways of helping farmers and saving or maybe getting back our industry to producers but not so sure the will of the ones we have let in charge at produce level is there. Wonder how our forefathers that realized and made a reality of CGC (In the Interest of Producers) and farmer owned elevator system got together there was a lot more of them back then and no communication like today.