Court Opinion

ID: 9724324
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 10:52:54.949349+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:59.297803
License: Public Domain

VANDE WALLE, Justice,
concurring specially.
I agree with the result reached in the majority opinion and much of the rationale thereof. I also agree costs of production should not be determined as to each farmer individually. But, I write to express my understanding that the majority opinion does not hold that the prices of all agricultural commodities produced in this State and the costs of production for those commodities are to be averaged to determine if the costs of production exceed revenues and, thus, whether the prices are confiscatory under statutes.
*497Livestock prices are high, but durum and other small grain prices are exceedingly low at the time of this decision. To average them together is prejudicial to the farmer who produces only small grains and prejudicial to the lender who is attempting to foreclose on what is, as here, a livestock operation. Averaging the two together is appropriate for a diversified farming operation, but not otherwise.
LAWRENCE E. JAHNKE, District Judge, concurs.