Texas Peanut Producers Board, Etc. v. The United States of America

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Texas peanut farmers brought this appeal, charging that the Secretary of Agriculture paid them less for their 1973 to 1977 peanut crops than the minimum amount required by federal price support legislation by requiring the farmers to bear handling, storage, and inspection costs for peanuts ultimately purchased by the government. We hold that the imposition of such costs did not reduce the price support below the minimum fixed by law, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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The Agricultural Act of 1949, 7 U.S.C. § 1441(b), guarantees peanut farmers a…