[garandgal]

What are you harvesting?

Over 3000 acres of corn and soybeans. We have storage for quite a bit, but the NO situation will lead to some "piles" I'm sure. I'd rather have it in piles than sitting in the field because of lack of fuel!

Our contracts are at $1.80/gallon (bought months ago). My Dad ("the" farmer) died of a rather sudden cancer a month ago, and we are really needing to make sure we have a good crop. The yield looks to be incredible as we've escaped the drought...but if this screws it up...well...let's just say I won't be too happy with our leaders.

[flashbunny]

Wow- sounds like you have a lot to deal with. Hopefully the situation with the ports in LA being damaged won't add too much to your problems.

If you have a good contract, there is probably more risk involved for the supplier breaking it than he can justify with increased profits.

[AZ_Cowboy]

First and foremost, sorry for your loss.

I'm not in on the supply network as a whole, but my guess is that you should be fine for fuel as long as you've got that contract down pat and don't have any fine print to bite you.

There is a certain amount of diesel out there waiting to be used right now. It sounds to me like the feds have made the dyed/undyed business go away for the moment, so right now ag and road have a common market. That won't change the total amount of fuel out there, though. It just means that whichever fuel you get may or may not be dyed, I would think.

Best of luck with the harvest. I trust you have your fingers crossed hoping the crude oil bubble will burst soon. I know we do out here.