Haubein Farms, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture

MEMORANDUM

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

This case arises out of Haubein Farm’s (“plaintiff’) loss of a cucumber crop. In October 1989, Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Haubein, the owners of Haubein Farms, submitted a claim for disaster relief in the amount of $29,041. After reviewing the application, the Dade County (Missouri) Director of the Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service (“ASCS”), the Missouri State ASCS and, finally, the Deputy Administrator, State and County Operations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (“Agriculture” or “defendant”) rejected the claim…