Stegall v. United States

OPINION

RADER, Judge.

This action arises from a dispute under the Agricultural Adjustment Acts of 1938 and 1949. 7 U.S.C. §§ 1281-1469 (1988). Plaintiffs are partners in two general part*767nerships that conduct farming operations in Colusa County, California. The partnerships finance their operations through a joint loan obtained from a local bank.

The county, state, and federal Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) offices limited plaintiffs’ farm subsidy to $50,000.00 — the maximum payment for a single farmer. Plaintiffs believed that the $50,000.00 payment limitation would…