Boy, is he mad!!!!!

Goose · Apr 19, 2012

The fella who leases our farm ground has, for quite a number of years, alternated between corn and soybeans. One year he will plant the entire farm into corn, the next year beans, and then back to corn. He hires the local Coop to spray with the appropriate chemicals at the proper time.

Last year he had the entire farm in corn, so this was the year for beans. He's already passed some good corn planting weather, 'cause he was planning on beans and they plant later.

Yesterday, he found out the Coop sprayed with the wrong chemicals,and he'll have to plant corn again this year.

I wonder if he'd have any recourse against the Coop after fall harvest if he could figure average prior yields and current prices and prove he would have made more money on beans. 'Course it could go the other way, too.

fixerupper · Apr 19, 2012

The co-op carries insurance for misapplications. It happens more often than we realize. Every co-op settles a certain amount of claims every year. Part of business. The most common mistake around here is spraying Roundup on non-Roundup corn. Jim

paul · Apr 19, 2012

That can mess up his marketing and so forth, if he sells contracts now for fall harvest. Tough too with the corn seed shortage this year, to pick up seed this late. As well he will need more N fertilizer, which has gone up in price since last fall.

I'd suspect he can get a small settlement from the coop. Since there is time to correct the problem, he won't get a windfall, but if he lists his hardships, perhaps just fall prices on fert, and so forth. But - something.

--->Paul

LAA · Apr 20, 2012

Our co-op has a form that both parties have to sign at the time of application, for a 10 acre hay field or 1000 acre corn field it don't matter. The customer has to check off what he has in the field, RR corn etc. or they won't spray.

cumminspuller · Apr 20, 2012

Fixerupper is right. Misapplications do happen more than people realize. I work at a company taht sells Ag Chemicals, Seed and liquid fertilzer. I hear about almost every misapplication that happen. There are 4 other stores in the county that do custom applications. There should be a contract/agreement that the farmer is suppose to sign before anything happens. Most of the time this does not happen because everybody is on the good ol' boy system and you trust the people doing the app so nothing is ever signed. If it comes down to it though a signed contract/agreement will hold up in court though. Its not the farmers responsability to set and watch what the applicator puts in the tank. I would be willing to bet if the farmer does want some money at the end of the year if he thinks he lost money because of the COOP then he could probably get a little at least. Just my 2 cents worth.

rrlund · Apr 20, 2012

I was at the fretilizer plant two years ago and somebody came tearing in there pretty quick. Said their sprayer operator had just sprayed roundup on his corn and it wasn't Roundup Ready and that they weren't even supposed to be on his farm. They were supposed to be spraying for the guy next door.

northvale · Apr 20, 2012

the farmer next to me sprays my hay field every year(drifts) and drives thru to get to his next field. Never a charge.

Glenn Warner · Apr 20, 2012

been farming since 1990, just small operation about 400acres . hired my spraying done for the
first two years. First year had good results but think I paid a premium price. The second year I think the applicator forgot to put the chemicals in, and in a week when the weeds were still growing he wouldn't spray again. so I got my certification and have done my own ever since. At least if it didnt come out right ,I had a better idea of why.

Boy, is he mad!!!!!

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