Farms v. Espy

BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants, VAL Farms, a Colorado partnership, and its eleven general partners, appeal from an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary). A brief summary of the relevant facts follows.

Congress has authorized the Secretary to implement and administer various programs regulating the production of basic agricultural commodities. See 7 U.S.C. §§ 1441, 1442, 1444, and 1445. One such program was the 1986 Feed Grains Price Support and Production Adjustment Program administered by the Secretary through the…