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Contract Checklist
As the old saying goes: It's important to read the fine print. It is particularly important to remember when you are signing a contract for your malting barley. There are many different items in the terms and conditions that can be negotiated. Once those items are negotiated, it's important to get it in writing. You may have seen the BEER ads in your regional farm publications. We've now created a more detailed checklist to accompany the ad. You can print and review this checklist anytime you sign a contract.
Barley selection: A step-by-step list
You’ve grown a great crop of malting barley. But how is it selected? Read the list below to find out.
Step 1. Malting barley selection starts on your farm. Representative samples need to be taken from each bin as you unload the newly combined malting barley.
Step 2. Take your sample to the selector – this may be a maltster or grain company. Samples should be submitted by bin. A sample size is usually around 500 grams.
Step 3. You will sign a CWB malt barley contract with the selector, confirming the quantity of grain offered. At this time you can negotiate your charges and discounts as well as delivery terms. See our checklist to find out more about contracting.
Step 4. The selector may send the sample with the contract to their head office for possible acceptance. Sometimes, quality is determined on-site.
Step 5. You will receive notification from the selector that the sample has been either accepted or rejected.
Step 6. The grain company accepts the CWB malt barley contract on CWB e-services
Step 7. The CWB sends out a confirmation letter. You have 14 days to notify the grain company of errors or corrections.
Step 8. If you don’t hear anything within 14 days of entering an offer, you are free to take your sample to another selector and have a new contract created*.
Step 9. The selector will call you when it is time to deliver. The barley must be called by the end of the crop year unless a more specific timeline has been agreed to in the form of a binding delivery period
Step 10. You have 21 days to deliver when the grain is called for delivery.
*The same barley cannot be offered to separate companies simultaneously. If, for example, you offer 100 tonnes of malting barley to company A and B, and both accept the offer, you would be subject to penalties/damages for double contracting.
When it comes to malting barley contracts, think BEER!
Be sure to get it in writing
Ensure your contract clearly defines all quality specs
Evaluate the risk of not meeting specifications
Retain samples (original and from time of delivery)
Protect yourself. Know the difference between a two-party production contract (between producer and selector) and a CashPlus contract that includes the CWB.
