Sunrise Cooperative v. United States Dep't of Agric.

COLE, Chief Judge.

When Congress speaks clearly, administrative agencies must listen. Congress spoke clearly in the 2008 Farm Bill when it said "an entity that was approved" to provide rebates to its members may continue to do so "in a manner consistent with the payment plan approved." But an agency, under the guise of interpretation, nevertheless imposed additional eligibility requirements on approved entities that are unmoored from the statute. We hold that the agency's interpretation is foreclosed by the statute and reverse the judgment below.

I. BACKGROUND

Sunrise is an Ohio agricultural…