Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2009, western Canadian farm groups submitted a report to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz outlining options for a program to provide security to producers when grain buyers default on payments. The main options were fund-based, insurance-based or bond-based programs. It was not that there wasn’t already a form of protection in place. The Canadian Grain […] Read more
Farmers still waiting for better default protection on grain sales
Leaving feed mills exempt from coverage under existing licensing and bonding puts farmers at risk to losses
