• Michigan Grain Dealers Asked to Stop Collecting Two-Tenths Percent Premium 

• Temporary Grain Storage Considerations
Cash farmers and grain elevator managers must sometimes make some difficult decisions when, for various reasons, they harvest or receive considerably more grain than their permanent storage structures can accommodate.

• Michigan State University Crop Information
MSU site containing crop info current with Michigan farmers' needs.

• Michigan Department of Agriculture's Temporary Storage Facility Requirements
The following is a reminder of the Michigan Department of Agriculture's temporary storage facility requirements for licensed grain dealers.

• Grain Dealers' Licensing Details & FAQ

• Introduction and April, 1 2003 Grain Dealers Act Update
If you are engaged in the business of receiving, buying, exchanging, selling or storing farm produce and you do not fall within an exception, you are considered to be a grain dealer and you must obtain a license from the Michigan Department of Agriculture.

• Licensed Grain Dealers
Search MDA databases for all grain dealers licensed in Michigan.

• Key Points of Grain Dealers Act
Key Points of Grain Dealers Act

• Recommended Producer Practices
A list of recommended practices for producers that engage in farm produce transactions.

• Grain Dealer Licensing Forms
All forms are in PDF format and require Acrobat Reader, a free plug in, to print and use.

• Grain Dealer Licenses Are Not Required Under These Circumstances
List of statory exceptions to grain dealer licensing requirements.

• Grain Dealer Act(P.A. 141 of 1939, As Amended)
Brief over view of the act and a link to the text.

• Farm Produce Insurance Authority Fund Site
PA 198 of 2003, the "Farm Produce Insurance Act," established a program in which producers of dry beans, grains, or corn could contribute a percentage of their proceeds to a new fund, and could recover from the fund losses caused by a grain dealer's financial failure.