§ 59804 Commodity Pool Servicing Charges

• •Farm groups can sort food (like fruits or veggies) by type, quality, or size when they store or sell them together.
• •They can charge a small fee for handling the food in these big groups.
• •The fee is based on how much food is in the group, not by type or quality.

A group of orange farmers puts all their oranges together to sell them as one big batch.

The group can sort the oranges by size or sweetness and charge a small fee to all the farmers for handling the oranges. The fee is the same for everyone, no matter if their oranges are big or small.