The authors write that the smooth workings of the grain supply chain depend on trust and co-operation between partners along the value chain, and that includes delivery contracts that are fair for everyone.  |  Jeannette Greaves photo

Delivery contracts must be improved

Studies have found that only 46 percent of prairie grain farmers feel they are being treated fairly within today’s standard grain contracts. Recent reports have also found that grain contracts are heavily tilted in favour of grain buyers. For many grain farmers, these findings are not a surprise. SaskCrops (an alliance of Saskatchewan producer commissions […] Read more