Grain Companies made out like Bandits last year! No surprise here!

[SASKFARMER3]

Agree all independents have FCC or at least 95% carry them. Credit card but has a 3% up charge or agricard etc.
Time to hit these pricks in their big profit areas seed chem and fert.

[SASKFARMER3]

Also wonder what would happen if 85% of the farmers asked for all check off dollars back and then hired a real advocate because lately all our provincial organizations are becoming real useless, real useless.

[freewheat]

I am with you on the line companies. Just pointing out there is little choice in some areas.

I have never been accosted by any one that I must deliver them grain if I use their services for inputs or vice versa, but I am not the kind of guy who is in daily or weekly chatter with them. They don't phone me begging me to buy seed etc., because I am too small possibly? I dunno.

[freewheat]

I forgot. I refuse to deal with FCC. That probably limits me too....

[ado089]

For those worried about credit have you talked to your bank? When I started farming I found FCC the hardest to deal with, they gave me a pittance of a line a credit ($20/ac) with the company I worked for in senior management. That fall I went into my bank (RBC) and told them I didn't wan to do another dollar of business with FCC. She said sure we can help, now I have what is about $150/ac revolving line of credit tied to my checking account. I buy what I want, when I want, from who I want. F

[freewheat]

Ado, do you not then need paid for land to back that kind of credit? That is what I would like, it goes with my name, freedom. lol

[mbdog]

Attaching/blackmailing input sales to deliveries happens...more so in the limited space/rail fiasco over last year. Whether its a local thing, a company culture thing, a political thing...dunno. What I do know is it is a repulsive and shameful action at any business level. They can do what they like...they got to live with themselves but I suspect they don't care. I have alternative markets to access, and have.
But if you've heard/know of this happening near you...what are "they" doing to you that you don't know if they are capable/allowed to get away with this blackmail?
I plan to take to higher level within the company...I can fight my own battles...just thought I'd add my two bits cause it was brought up...again.

[ado089]

Freewheat, I have my mortgage with them but it's far from paid for. I do have some really good paper equity in it though.

[Horse]

Question for all that rely on RR or patened seed , will you still be able to farm all those acres if you drop those chemicals???

[cottonpicken]

Wouldn't doubt these guys have large rooms full of computer geeks running programs to calculate how much blood they can suck out of the host without killing it.