Sec. 1104. Definitions
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In this subtitle, subtitle B, and subtitle F: The term actual crop revenue , with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under section 1108(c)(3). The term adverse market payment means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 1107. The term agriculture risk coverage guarantee , with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under section 1108(c)(4). The term agriculture risk coverage payment means a payment under section 1108(c).
The term average individual yield means the yield reported by a producer for purposes of subtitle A of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. ), to the maximum extent practicable. The term base acres , with respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means the number of acres established under section 1101 or 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 7911 , 7952) as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, subject to any adjustment under section 1105 of this Act.
For the purposes of agriculture risk coverage under section 1108, the term county coverage means coverage determined using the total quantity of all acreage in a county of the covered commodity that is planted or prevented from being planted for harvest by a producer with the yield determined by the average county yield described in subsection
(c)of that section. The term covered commodity means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, long grain rice, medium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other oilseeds, and peanuts. The Secretary— shall study the feasibility of including popcorn as a covered commodity by 2014; and if the Secretary determines it to be feasible, shall designate popcorn as a covered commodity. Except as provided in subparagraphs
(B)through (D), the term eligible acres means all acres planted or prevented from being planted to all covered commodities on a farm in any crop year. Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the total quantity of eligible acres on a farm determined under subparagraph
(A)shall not exceed the average total acres planted or prevented from being planted to covered commodities and upland cotton on the farm for the 2009 through 2012 crop years, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall provide for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the eligible acres for covered commodities for a farm if any of the following circumstances occurs: If a conservation reserve contract for a farm in a county entered into under section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3831 ) expires or is voluntarily terminated or cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract, the Secretary shall provide for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the eligible acres for the farm to a total quantity that is the higher of— the total base acreage for the farm, less any upland cotton base acreage, that was suspended during the conservation reserve contract; or the product obtained by multiplying— the average proportion that— the total number of acres planted to covered commodities and upland cotton in the county for crop years 2009 through 2012; bears to the total number of all acres of covered commodities, grassland, and upland cotton acres in the county for the same crop years; by the total acres for which coverage has expired, voluntarily terminated, or been released under the conservation reserve contract. The producer has eligible oilseed acreage as the result of the Secretary designating additional oilseeds, which shall be determined in the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage under section 1101(a)(1)(D) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 8711(a)(1)(D) ). The producer has any acreage not cropped during the 2009 through 2012 crop years, but placed into an established rotation practice for the purposes of enriching land or conserving moisture for subsequent crop years, including summer fallow, as determined by the Secretary. The term eligible acres does not include any crop subsequently planted during the same crop year on the same land for which the first crop is eligible for payments under this subtitle, unless the crop was planted in an area approved for double cropping, as determined by the Secretary. The term extra long staple cotton means cotton that— is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense species or any hybrid of the species, or other similar types of extra long staple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having characteristics needed for various end uses for which United States upland cotton is not suitable and grown in irrigated cotton-growing regions of the United States designated by the Secretary or other areas designated by the Secretary as suitable for the production of the varieties or types; and is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if authorized by the Secretary, ginned on another type gin for experimental purposes. For purposes of agriculture risk coverage under section 1108, the term individual coverage means coverage determined using the total quantity of all acreage in a county of the covered commodity that is planted or prevented from being planted for harvest by a producer with the yield determined by the average individual yield of the producer described in subsection
(c)of that section. The term medium grain rice includes short grain rice. The term other oilseed means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by the Secretary. The term payment acres means, in the case of adverse market payments, 85 percent of the base acres for a covered commodity on a farm on which adverse market payments are made. The term payment yield means the yield established for adverse market payments under section 1102 or 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 7912 , 7952) as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, or under section 1106 of this Act, for a farm for a covered commodity. The term producer means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced. In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall— not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this title. The term pulse crop means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas. The term State means— a State; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and any other territory or possession of the United States. The term reference price means the price per bushel, pound, or hundredweight (or other appropriate unit) of a covered commodity used to determine the payment rate for adverse market payments. The term transitional yield has the meaning given the term in section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1502(b) ). The term United States , when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States. The term United States Premium Factor means the percentage by which the difference in the United States loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling
(SM)1 1/8 -inch upland cotton and for Middling
(M)1 3/32 -inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the applicable premiums for comparable international qualities.
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