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|    Re: OT: Goober Peas!    |
|    26 Nov 19 10:33:47    |
      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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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