Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§455 Dissemination of crop, market, etc., information by cooperative marketing associations
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - COOPERATIVE MARKETING › § 455
Summary
Farmers and other original producers (planters, ranchers, dairymen, nut and fruit growers) who join in associations to process and sell products across state or foreign borders may gather, share, and explain crop, market, and economic information directly, through their groups, or through a common agent they create or hire.
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Title 7, §455
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Persons engaged, as original producers of agricultural products, such as farmers, planters, ranchmen, dairymen, nut or fruit growers, acting together in associations, corporate or otherwise, in collectively processing, preparing for market, handling, and marketing in interstate and/or foreign commerce such products of persons so engaged, may acquire, exchange, interpret, and disseminate past, present, and prospective crop, market, statistical, economic, and other similar information by direct exchange between such persons, and/or such associations or federations thereof, and/or by and through a common agent created or selected by them.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 455
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73