There are so many sad stories and they all pertain to the loss of CWB single desk.
Here is an article from DTN about US and Canadian durum situation.
"There were lots of issues with contracts up here last fall that were being handled differently from company to company," said Cliff Jamieson, DTN Canadian Grains Analyst. "I heard about a farmer that had 4CWAD contracts in place with two companies roughly in the $6/bushel area. Grain was grading Canada feed, so one company was reported to be deducting around $3/bu., the other over $5/bu. Doesn't leave much left for the grower, especially when you spend three to four months trying to get it off the field."
Jamieson said that last fall, "Farmers in Canada not meeting required grades on their contracted durum were facing the prospect of writing a check for tens of thousands, in some cases hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy out their contract, unless they could roll it." He said he had heard a buyout on a farmer's contract could be as high as $250,000. The farmer, like many others in the area, was not able to harvest all of his durum and the poor quality didn't meet his contract requirements.
https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/perspectives/blogs/market-matters-blog/blog-post/2017/02/13/hard-amber-durum-noodle-wheat-faces-2
Here is an article from DTN about US and Canadian durum situation.
"There were lots of issues with contracts up here last fall that were being handled differently from company to company," said Cliff Jamieson, DTN Canadian Grains Analyst. "I heard about a farmer that had 4CWAD contracts in place with two companies roughly in the $6/bushel area. Grain was grading Canada feed, so one company was reported to be deducting around $3/bu., the other over $5/bu. Doesn't leave much left for the grower, especially when you spend three to four months trying to get it off the field."
Jamieson said that last fall, "Farmers in Canada not meeting required grades on their contracted durum were facing the prospect of writing a check for tens of thousands, in some cases hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy out their contract, unless they could roll it." He said he had heard a buyout on a farmer's contract could be as high as $250,000. The farmer, like many others in the area, was not able to harvest all of his durum and the poor quality didn't meet his contract requirements.
https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/perspectives/blogs/market-matters-blog/blog-post/2017/02/13/hard-amber-durum-noodle-wheat-faces-2
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