ND roving grain buyer bonds.
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A roving grain buyer is anyone who buys grain in North Dakota at a place other than a licensed, fixed location. Before you can be licensed, the Department of Agriculture requires a surety bond sized to your grain purchases — pricing is 1.5% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum, set at the application.
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Apply to licensed in one sitting.
Your roving grain buyer license is waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply online
Business details, the bond amount your volume requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the entire application.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with the Department of Agriculture
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your roving grain buyer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the grain buyer bond actually covers
North Dakota licenses grain buyers to protect the farmers who deliver grain. A roving grain buyer is one who purchases grain at a place other than a fixed, licensed facility — and because there is no warehouse standing behind the transaction, the state requires a surety bond as a financial backstop for sellers.
The bond runs to the State of North Dakota for the benefit of producers, and guarantees that you pay for the grain you buy and comply with the grain-buyer law. If a roving buyer fails to pay a producer, the harmed seller can recover against the bond.
The amount is set by the licensing authority on a sliding scale tied to your grain purchases — larger buyers post larger bonds. Regulation of grain buyers moved from the Public Service Commission to the Department of Agriculture in 2019; we issue the amount your license names, with pricing at 1.5% of that amount, with a $100 minimum.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Roving grain buyer bond, ready to file.
Priced at 1.5% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum. Enter the amount your license requires and file within 1–2 business days.