Ohio-based grain company The Andersons will keep its grain dealer licence in Nebraska after the state's Public Service Commission (PSC) dismissed a complaint that it had failed to pay a farmer for grain deliveries.

The commission said The Andersons provided records showing it had addressed the payment issues, and that its grain department had received no further reports of payment problems involving the company. The Andersons agreed to pay $5,000 in administrative fines while denying the alleged conduct, and the settlement does not waive its right to prove no violations occurred.

The PSC's grain warehouses and dealers department opened an investigation on 2 March 2026 after an informal complaint from an unnamed producer. It found that the company had received 17 loads of grain from the producer between November 2023 and January 2024 and that part of the grain had not been paid for. The commission alleged the company failed to keep accurate records and failed to pay on demand — for eight loads delivered on 2 November 2023, a total of 939 days, and for nine loads delivered on 30 November 2023 and 8 January 2024, a total of 701 days.

The Andersons told the regulator that one reason for the delay was an inability to verify title to the grain, and later reported that payment had been arranged for all the loads in question.

"Our priority is ensuring Nebraska's grain laws are followed and that producers are protected as the statutes intend," said Terri Fritz, director of the PSC's grain department. "We're satisfied that the issues that led to the complaint have been addressed."

The Andersons operates about 180 facilities across the United States and Canada, merchandising corn, soybeans, wheat and feed ingredients, and runs four ethanol plants in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Iowa with a combined capacity of 500 million gallons. The case is a reminder for growers that state grain-dealer licensing gives them a route to recover payment when a buyer does not pay on demand.

The report was written by Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor.

Photo: Chris Woodrich / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Source: DTN / Progressive Farmer