Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term actual crop revenue , with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under section 8(b). The term agriculture risk coverage means coverage provided under section 8. 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 8(c). The term base acres , with respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means the number of acres in effect under section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9011 ), as in effect on September 30, 2018, subject to any reallocation, adjustment, or reduction under section 3.
The term covered commodity means wheat, oats, and barley (including wheat, oats, and barley used for haying and grazing), corn, grain sorghum, seed cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other oilseeds, and peanuts. The term effective price , with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 7(b) to determine whether price loss coverage payments are required to be provided for that crop year.
The term individual coverage means agriculture risk coverage selected under section 6(b)(2) to be obtained at the farm level. The term medium grain rice includes short grain rice and temperate japonica 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 , with respect to the provision of price loss coverage payments and agriculture risk coverage payments, means the number of acres determined for a farm under section 5.
The term payment yield , for a farm for a covered commodity, means, as applicable— the yield used to make payments pursuant to section 1104 or 1304 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 8714 , 8754), as in effect on September 30, 2018; the yield established under section 4; or with respect to seed cotton, the yield established under section 1113(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9013(e) ), as in effect on September 30, 2018. The term price loss coverage means coverage provided under section 7.
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 Act.
The term pulse crop means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas. The term reference price , with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the lesser of— the national average market price received by producers during the 12-month marketing year for the most recent 10 crop years for the covered commodity; and for wheat, $5.50 per bushel; for corn, $3.70 per bushel; for grain sorghum, $3.95 per bushel; for barley, $4.95 per bushel; for oats, $2.40 per bushel; for seed cotton, $0.367 per pound; for long grain rice, $14.00 per hundredweight; for medium grain rice, $14.00 per hundredweight; for soybeans, $8.40 per bushel; for other oilseeds, $20.15 per hundredweight; for peanuts, $535.00 per ton; for dry peas, $11.00 per hundredweight; for lentils, $19.97 per hundredweight; for small chickpeas, $19.04 per hundredweight; or for large chickpeas, $21.54 per hundredweight.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. 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 temperate japonica rice means rice that is grown in high altitudes or temperate regions of high latitudes with cooler climate conditions, in the Western United States, as determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of— the reallocation of base acres under section 3; the establishment of a reference price (as required under section 7(g)) and an effective price pursuant to section 7; and the determination of the actual crop revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee pursuant to section 8.
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.
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