He grew more than was allotted with no intent to sell any, just for his own use for food and fodder.joe817 wrote:Good grief! Did that really happen? That's about the only way an independent rancher can break even, let alone make a living!And the Feds would claim juridiction, just like they did in the '40s when they stopped a guy from growing his own grain to feed his own livestock.
IIRC, they ruled that interstate commerce was affected because he didn't purchase what he normally would have in the marketplace.