When I said, "these a$$ holes," what I meant was these types of a$$ holes.  The local elevators won't write contracts with these types of operations because they will walk away from the contract if the price goes against them and deliver the grain somewhere else.  That can bankrupt a local elevator because they can't afford to file a lawsuit and take it to its conclusion.  Who pays for that?  Me and farmers like me do.  Nothing is free because somebody always pays.

 Check out a case where the elevator was big enough to push the lawsuit:

http://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/search/McCuskey/08-2083pub.pdf

This is the stuff those types of operations pull.  And this isn't just an isolated case.  It happens enough that the small elevators won't write a contract, as I said above.  Maybe that isn't how it works in Kansas.  I'm sure all the BTOs are honest out there.  They'd have to be or you'd have a little bit of understanding of our situation here.  Wait, that isn't standard operating practice there, is it?