Sec. 1107. AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE
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## SEC. 1107 AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE Section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— #####
(A)by inserting “(beginning with the 2019 crop year, based on the physical location of the farm)” after “payments”; and #####
(B)by inserting “or the 2019 through 2023 crop years, as applicable” after “2014 through 2018 crop years”; ####
(2)in subsection (c)— #####
(A)in paragraph (2)— ######
(i)in subparagraph (A), by striking “paragraph (4)” and inserting “paragraphs
(4)and (5)”; and ######
(ii)in subparagraph (B), by striking “(5)” and inserting “(6)”; #####
(B)in paragraph (3)— ######
(i)in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking “(5)” and inserting “(6)”; and ######
(ii)in subparagraph (C), by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”; #####
(C)in paragraph (4)— ######
(i)by striking “ If ” and inserting the following: > > ##### “(A) 2014 through 2018 crop years > > Effective for the 2014 through 2018 crop years, if” > ; and ######
(ii)by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(B) 2019 through 2023 crop years > > Effective for the 2019 through 2023 crop years, if the yield per planted acre for the covered commodity or historical county yield per planted acre for the covered commodity for any of the 5 most recent crop years, as determined by the Secretary, is less than 80 percent of the transitional yield, as determined by the Secretary, the amounts used for any of those years in paragraph (2)(A) or (3)(A)(i) shall be 80 percent of the transitional yield.” > ; #####
(D)by redesignating paragraph
(5)as paragraph (6); #####
(E)by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following: > > #### “(5) Trend-adjusted yield > > The Secretary shall calculate and use a trend-adjusted yield factor to adjust the yield determined under paragraph (2)(A) and subsection (b)(1)(A), taking into consideration, but not exceeding, the trend-adjusted yield factor that is used to increase yield history under the endorsement under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for that crop and county.” > ; and #####
(F)in paragraph
(6)(as so redesignated)— ######
(i)by striking “ Reference price.—If the national average market price ” and inserting the following: > “ Low national average market price.— > > > ##### “(A) Reference price > > For the 2014 through 2018 crop years, if the national average market price” > ; and ######
(ii)by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(B) Effective reference price > > For the 2019 through 2023 crop years, if the national average market price received by producers during the 12-month marketing year for any of the 5 most recent crop years is lower than the effective reference price for the covered commodity, the Secretary shall use the effective reference price for any of those years for the amounts in paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(A)(ii).” > ; ####
(3)in subsection (d)— #####
(A)in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; #####
(B)by redesignating paragraphs
(1)and
(2)as subparagraphs
(A)and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; #####
(C)in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated), by striking “ The payment ” and inserting the following: > > #### “(1) In general > > The payment” > ; and #####
(D)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(2) Announcement > > Not later than 30 days after the end of each applicable 12-month marketing year for each covered commodity, the Secretary shall publish the payment rate determined under paragraph
(1)for each county.” > ; ####
(4)in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”; ####
(5)in subsection (g)— #####
(A)in paragraph (2), by striking “to the maximum extent practicable,”; #####
(B)in paragraph (3), by striking “and” after the semicolon at the end; #####
(C)in paragraph (4)— ######
(i)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “effective for the 2014 through 2018 crop years,” before “in the case of”; and ######
(ii)in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and #####
(D)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(5) > > effective for the 2019 through 2023 crop years, in the case of county coverage, assign an actual or benchmark county yield for each planted acre for the crop year for the covered commodity— > > > ##### “(A) > > for a county for which county data collected by the Risk Management Agency are sufficient for the Secretary to offer a county-wide insurance product, using the actual average county yield determined by the Risk Management Agency; or > > > ##### “(B) > > for a county not described in subparagraph (A), using— > > > ###### “(i) > > other sources of yield information, as determined by the Secretary; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > the yield history of representative farms in the State, region, or crop reporting district, as determined by the Secretary.” > ; and ####
(6)by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(h) Publications > > > #### “(1) County guarantee > > > ##### “(A) In general > > For each crop year for a covered commodity, the Secretary shall publish information describing, for that crop year for the covered commodity in each county— > > > ###### “(i) > > the agriculture risk coverage guarantee for county coverage determined under subsection (c)(1); > > > ###### “(ii) > > the average historical county yield determined under subsection (c)(2)(A); and > > > ###### “(iii) > > the national average market price determined under subsection (c)(2)(B). > > > ##### “(B) Timing > > > ###### “(i) In general > > Except as provided in clauses
(ii)and (iii), not later than 30 days after the end of each applicable 12-month marketing year, the Secretary shall publish the information described in subparagraph (A). > > > ###### “(ii) Insufficient data > > In the case of a covered commodity, such as temperate japonica rice, for which the Secretary cannot determine the national average market price for the most recent 12-month marketing year by the date described in clause
(i)due to insufficient reporting of timely pricing data by 1 or more nongovernmental entities, including a marketing cooperative for the covered commodity, as soon as practicable after the pricing data are made available, the Secretary shall publish information describing— > > > ###### “(I) > > the agriculture risk coverage guarantee under subparagraph (A)(i); and > > > ###### “(II) > > the national average market price under subparagraph (A)(iii). > > > ###### “(iii) Transition > > Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, the Secretary shall publish the information described in clauses
(i)and
(ii)of subparagraph
(A)for the 2018 crop year. > > > #### “(2) Actual average county yield > > As soon as practicable after each crop year, the Secretary shall determine and publish each actual average county yield for each covered commodity, as determined under subsection (b)(1)(A). > > > #### “(3) Data sources for county yields > > For the 2018 crop year and each crop year thereafter, the Secretary shall make publicly available information describing, for the most recent crop year— > > > ##### “(A) > > the sources of data used to calculate county yields under subsection (c)(2)(A) for each covered commodity— > > > ###### “(i) > > by county; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > nationally; and > > > ##### “(B) > > the number and outcome of occurrences in which the Farm Service Agency reviewed, changed, or determined not to change a source of data used to calculate county yields under subsection (c)(2)(A). > > > ### “(i) Administrative Units > > > #### “(1) In general > > For purposes of agriculture risk coverage payments in the case of county coverage, a county may be divided into not greater than 2 administrative units in accordance with this subsection. > > > #### “(2) Eligible counties > > A county that may be divided into administrative units under this subsection is a county that— > > > ##### “(A) > > is larger than 1,400 square miles; and > > > ##### “(B) > > contains more than 190,000 base acres. > > > #### “(3) Elections > > Before making any agriculture risk coverage payments for the 2019 crop year, the Farm Service Agency State committee, in consultation with the Farm Service Agency county or area committee of a county described in paragraph (2), may make a 1-time election to divide the county into administrative units under this subsection along a boundary that better reflects differences in weather patterns, soil types, or other factors. > > > #### “(4) Limitation > > The Secretary shall— > > > ##### “(A) > > limit the number of counties that may be divided into administrative units under paragraph
(3)to 25 counties; and > > > ##### “(B) > > give preference to the division of counties that have greater variation in climate, soils, and expected productivity between the proposed administrative units. > > > #### “(5) Administration > > For purposes of providing agriculture risk coverage payments in the case of county coverage, the Secretary shall consider an administrative unit elected under paragraph
(3)to be a county for the 2019 through 2023 crop years.” > .
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