Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co. v. Commodity Credit Corp.

MICKELSON, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs, 28 in number, are grain warehousemen operating country grain elevators in South Dakota. They are engaged in buying grain from local farmers and reselling it at terminal markets, especially at Minneapolis, Minnesota. They also store grain for local farmers when the producer does not desire to sell. They all entered into Uniform Grain Storage Agreements with the Commodity Credit Corporation in fhe years 1953 and 1954. Under the terms of these agreements, plaintiffs received, stored, handled, and loaded out the defendant’s flaxseed to be shipped to…