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Chad Campbell, chief executive officer of the Great Sandhills Terminal grain elevor at Leader, Sask., stands on top of the Terminal overlooking the harvest.Andrew Nelson

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A combine harvest a field of durum wheat on the farm of Tim Geiger, who is also reeve of the municipality adjoining Leader, Sask.Jo-Ann Tetlock

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The board confiscates farmers’ crops in the sense that there is no other legal buyer, sells them by finding the lowest price and cutting it, deducts whatever expenses it feels like incurring, and returns the remainder to farmers in dribs over a period of 17 months.Andrew Nelson

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The Great Sandhills Terminal grain elevater at Leader, Sask.Andrew Nelson

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Tim Geiger, farmer and reeve of the Rural Municipality of Happyland, which adjoins Leader, Sask.

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View from the Great Sandhills Terminal Leader, Sask.Andrew Nelson

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