7 U.S.C. § 611
Section 611 · Basic agricultural commodity defined; exclusion of commodities
Amended 4 times on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 28 F. Supp. 177 - United States v. Borden Co. (1939)
Most recently applied in 28 F. Supp. 177 - United States v. Borden Co. (July 1939)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
As used in this chapter, the term “basic agricultural commodity” means wheat, rye, flax, barley, cotton, field corn, grain sorghums, hogs, cattle, rice, potatoes, tobacco, sugar beets and sugarcane, peanuts, and milk and its products, and any regional or market classification, type, or grade thereof; but the Secretary of Agriculture shall exclude from the operation of the provisions of this chapter, during any period, any such commodity or classification, type, or grade thereof if he finds, upon investigation at any time and after due notice and opportunity for hearing to interested parties, that the conditions of production, marketing, and consumption are such that during such period this chapter can not be effectively administered to the end of effectuating the declared policy with respect to such commodity or classification, type, or grade thereof. As used in this chapter, the term “potatoes” means all varieties of potatoes included in the species Solanum tuberosum.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1935—Act Aug. 24, 1935, inserted “, potatoes” after “rice” and last sentence defining potatoes.
1934—Act May 9, 1934, inserted “, sugar beets and sugarcane” after “tobacco”.
Act Apr. 7, 1934, inserted “, cattle” after “hogs”, “, peanuts” after “tobacco”, “, rye, flax, barley” after “wheat”, and “, grain sorghums” after “field corn”.