Co-op screw up

MTC · Jun 15, 2012

Had the co-op spray my corn.Not Round up corn and I told them twice not round up corn.Of course they sprayed roundup on it.Spent all day yesterday replanting 60 arces of 90 day corn on June 14.Anyone dealt with this before when the co-op screwed up??? Thanks

jm. · Jun 15, 2012

Had there farm customers in this area last year where they put gas in the bulk disel tanks. CO-OP stepped up and paid for all cleaning and repairs.. I would think they will pay,,how much is fair will be the question ?

IaGary · Jun 15, 2012

I spray my own but it happens every year around here.

I know of 3 boo boos.

One the fault of the custom sprayers, two are the farmers fault.

One guy had his son spray 600 acres with the wrong chemical and killed it 2 weeks ago. Knee high corn died and was replanted last week and is now 3 inches tall. On $450 an acre rent land.

The other farmer thought he had RR ready corn and didn't.20 acres.

The other one the custom applicators screwed up and sprayed RR on non RR corn.

Your not the loan ranger HTC.

Gary

GeneMO · Jun 15, 2012

I would think they would have insurance to reimburse you for this screw up.

You need to be reimbursed for:

Cost of seed to replant
Labor to replant
Loss of yield between what the 90 day corn yields and the initial planting.

Do you have another field nearby? Even a neighbors field? You need something to compare yours against in order to prove loss of yield, if any.

Do you have Multi-Peril crop ins.? This type of loss is not covered my MPCI, but you need to notify the agent about what happened, plus you never want to replant or destroy a crop without notifying the crop ins. company.

Good luck, Gene

mkirsch · Jun 15, 2012

Local feed mill operation sprayed Dad's soybeans last year. There must've been some incompatible spray in the lines and booms because the 1st 1/2 of an acre they sprayed, died. They paid up without a fuss.

massey333 · Jun 15, 2012

Plus getting mislabeled seed from seed company,lost 200A 3-4 yrs.ago.Looks bad when you have a 15-20A strips dead or stunted in the middle of fields in July-Aug.

LazyWP · Jun 15, 2012

They will pay. You may have to get in tough with your state fertilizer inspector, but they will pay for everything.
The best one I ever got into was when RR beans first started coming out. A customer ran out of RR seed, and mixed conventional seed in with his RR seed.

Cliff Nelson · Jun 15, 2012

It happens more than you think. I have seen 3 fields around here this year. Their insurance should pay without any problems.

casecollectorsc · Jun 15, 2012

COOP here lost 500,000 because lady manager sold fuel to a friend of hers who didn't pay. But seems as though 1/2 mil is peanuts nowadays! They are farmer owned COOP,s seems like maybe we could get a break instead of running up their bank account and paying managers big wages and buying new semi,s sprayers etc.

AG in IN · Jun 15, 2012

Local attitude around here is everyone plants RR crops, period. WRONG!!

An entire field is harder to judge than a ruined strip, but you should be able to come up with a historical average or something.

Dad had 20 or so acres ruined in the last few years by "neighbors" who overlapped (someone's guidance system didn't tell them they were 100+ft. off) or sprayed their RR crops on a windy day when you couldn't keep your hat on your head. They will pay, and you'll need to know exactly what you're out, and you won't really know until it's harvested. This includes your replant labor, equipment use the second time over, fuel, replant seed, yield loss, etc.. Don't try to stick it to them, but don't shortchange yourself, either. If they or their insurance won't pay, or won't pay a fair amount, talk to your local county agent or state chemist.

You might get a hassle and a runaround from some people, but when someone's chemical application licenses are in jeopardy fair and reasonable compensation will be forthcoming. I would imagine a business would be easier to deal with than an individual in a case like this.

AG

paul · Jun 15, 2012

Ends up you aren't garenteed a profit, but they will get the screw-up costs paid for. Some are easier to wirk with than others. They probably say the same about us.

Ends up middle ground, I guess.

--->Paul

huskers86phone · Jun 15, 2012

I had that happen once this time of year and they paid the seed bill and made up the money difference at the end of it all but I went milo. They made it right in the end with me.

ldj · Jun 15, 2012

Some applicators have drift insurance. This field was sprayed intentionally so drift insurance won't cover. How do I know? For years I had sprayed about a 500 acre pasture. One year farmer sold 40 acres. First year after that I sprayed as usual, not knowing it wasn't his any longer. New owner sued for damage to oak trees. Now get this, he was suing for more than he paid for the land. Turned over to insurance, that is when we found no insurance because it wasn't drift. On a side note the oak trees weren't hurt. I had sprayed the pasture for 10 years same way with same stuff and he dropped suit when all this came out.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 15, 2012

Haha, $450 acre rent. Anyone paying that is already going to lose their rearend this year. I hate to get anyone riled up but that is absolutely nuts. Absolutely bat poo crazy. Thats so crazy its almost as crazy as paying $450 cash rent. You're kidding right?

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