If the last broker priced the farm as a flat profile, the unit rate was a guess. We read the HH data, the invoices, and the months the dryer actually ran.
Gas for grain and packhouses is tendered the same way as the power: 15+ suppliers on the book, usually back in one to three days once we have the meter information.
Procure as far out as you can, up to 36 months before the current contract ends. Markets and geopolitics move; waiting is how the bill goes up. Harvest is a bad week to discover you rolled.
- Half-hourly meters read, not ignored
- Electricity and gas, single holding or several yards
- Tender up to 36 months before the end date
- Diary kept through the quiet months