Richard J. and Phyllis Bot - Page 8




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            Petitioners could meet their production and delivery obligations                           
            with corn that was grown on their farm, that they acquired                                 
            elsewhere, or that MCP already held in its option pool.6  “Option                          
            pool corn” is corn maintained by MCP and made available for sale                           
            only to MCP members for use in meeting their production and                                
            delivery obligations under the UMAs.  A member who wished to                               
            satisfy his production and delivery obligation using option pool                           
            corn completed a form to that effect and paid an acquisition fee                           
            of 5 cents per bushel of option pool corn purchased.  If either                            
            petitioner failed to meet the production and delivery obligations                          
            under the UMA, the UMA authorized MCP to act as that petitioner’s                          
            agent in acquiring corn, charging all related expenses to Mr. Bot                          
            or Mrs. Bot, as appropriate.                                                               
                  In 1994 and 1995, petitioners met their production and                               
            delivery obligations under their UMAs with option pool corn.  In                           
            1994 and 1995, petitioners paid acquisition fees of $18,070 and                            
            $16,431, respectively, for the option pool corn used to satisfy                            
            their combined production and delivery obligations.                                        
                  MCP was obligated, pursuant to the UMAs, to process the corn                         
            produced by its members each year as dictated by the market and                            
            in a manner MCP deemed in the best interest of the cooperative                             


                  6Regardless of how petitioners acquired the corn they                                
            delivered to MCP, petitioners warranted to MCP that they were the                          
            producers or owners of the corn they delivered to MCP under the                            
            UMAs.                                                                                      





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