Quote Originally Posted by piwanoi
is often inclined to take 70%
It's all a scam on the poor farmer regarding whatever crop. At the merchants you'll see a queue of lorries. the buying price is usually government set. One thing a farmer doesn't want is for a truck to be held up in a queue. He needs it back in the field where he has people waiting with the next load. To get a quick turn around of his truck at the merchant's he'll accept a lower price to get fast tracked to the front of the queue. This is why farmers here need to fcuk the merchants off and form co-operatives.