Strain: Protect Yourself from Unlicensed Grain Dealers

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., is warning farmers that they are taking huge monetary risks when they sell grain to unlicensed grain dealers. Louisiana Revised Statute 3:3401 et seq. requires all grain dealers, warehouses and cotton merchants doing business in Louisiana to be licensed annually.