To subscribe to Agweek, click here. While it is surely unsettling having competition for crambe acres, that is the way business sometimes works.
Competition is the bastion of free enterprise.
The competition does not come as a total surprise, but it sure hits you hard when, within the previous two weeks, you had given offers and had acreage discussions with that same company. It also is a big pill to swallow when two people with intimate knowledge of your company go to work for a competitor. We don't begrudge anyone an opportunity, especially if, in their opinion, they are bettering their position in life. As directors of a company, we have an obligation to defend actions that impede the company from accomplishing its purposes, adversely affect the interest of the company and intentionally violate provisions of previous agreements. We, as a group, are committed to uphold those duties.