From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   peek0703@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > On Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10:15:47 AM UTC-5, T   
   > wrote:   
   >> On 2019-11-26 06:17, Nyssa wrote:   
   >> > Interesting fact: While an ordinary person/gardener can   
   >> > purchase a few certified peanut seeds for home use,   
   >> > it's illegal to   
   >> > *sell*  the home-grown goobers. Farmers who grow them   
   >> > commercially have to have a license to sell the   
   >> > product, and those licenses are limited in number and   
   >> > quantity to be sold. There's a bit of a secondary   
   >> > market for farmers to re-sell licenses for a season   
   >> > where they know they won't be growing enough product to   
   >> > meet the maximum allowed by their licenses.   
   >>   
   >> Price fixing or some other reason?   
   >   
   >   
   > Government price support like they used to support tobacco   
   > and still support sugar.   
   >   
   Yep, that and avoiding any big surplus or glut on the market   
   that would drive prices downward.   
      
   Nyssa, who wonders how much her peanut butter would cost without   
   government's "help"   
      
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