Telematch, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TELEMATCH, INC., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-2372 (TJK) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Telematch, Inc. (d/b/a Farm Marked iD) (“FMID”), collects, maintains, and analyzes agricultural data from various sources, including the federal government. It has regularly submitted FOIA requests for USDA records for over a decade. From December 2018 to March 2019, FMID submitted seven FOIA requests to USDA for specific records. These seven requests sought records that include what USDA calls “Farm…