Developed by Attorney General Tom Miller's Production Contracts Task Force
January 1996
Office of the Attorney General, Iowa Department of Justice
Introduction | Consult Experts | Production Issues | Payment and Delivery Issues | Other Legal Issues | Other Sources of Information | Task Force Members
INTRODUCTION
Presented at the 1997 AAEA National Conference in Toronto, ON Canada
By
Michael C. Poray
Graduate Research Assistant
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
poraym@iastate.edu
and
Roger Ginder, Amol Naik, and Darren Jarboe*
Introduction
C. Philip Baumel, Charles R. Hurburgh, and Tenpao Lee
Previous fuel consumption studies for rail, truck, and barge freight transport are based on industry averages over all commodities. The conflicting results from these studies are of limited usefulness in predicting total fuel consumption and fuel costs for individual grain shipments.
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Start scouting for corn stalk rot now (8/20/2001)
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Charles R. Hurburgh, Jr.
Annual Corn Report Released. November 2004
Corn Quality Patterns in U.S. Markets, C.R. Hurburgh, Jr. 1991
Effect of Corn Maturity on Quality and Yield of Starch. Proceedings of the Corn Utilization Conference V. National Corn Growers' Association, St. Louis, MO. S.D. Jennings, D.J. Myers, L.A. Johnson and L.M. Pollak. 1996
This checklist has been prepared by Attorney General Tom Miller's Task Force on Production Contracts. It was developed as an educational tool for producers considering a production contract involving grain.
Mycotoxins are poisonous trace organic residues of mold deterioration. Mycotoxins are not alive themselves, but instead are very potent compounds causing, at very low dosages (parts per million (ppm) or parts per billion (ppb)), a variety of human and animal health problems. Individual mycotoxins are produced by specific mold strains under more restrictive growth conditions than for the molds themselves. Mycotoxins are not automatically produced whenever grain becomes moldy. However, from a risk viewpoint, the likelihood of toxins is greater in damaged kernels than in sound kernels.
Although aflatoxin has received the majority of public attention, advances in chemical detection methods have identified several others that can create problems for grain users. All mycotoxins are present in non-uniformly distributed trace concentrations. Normal bulk sample quality detection methods are hard to use for trace levels. Trace toxics in general will present increasing difficulty for bulk grain handlers.
