2015 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture (Sections 1 - 9097)
Chapter 113 - Agricultural Commodity Support Programs (Sections 8701 - 8793)
Subchapter III - Peanuts (Sections 8751 - 8758)
Sec. 8751 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 113 - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER III - PEANUTS Sec. 8751 - Definitions |
Contains | section 8751 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 110-234, title I, §1301, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 966; Pub. L. 110-246, §4(a), title I, §1301, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1695. |
Statutes at Large References | 122 Stat. 966, 1664 128 Stat. 658 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 110-234, Public Law 110-246, Public Law 113-79 |
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In this subchapter:
(1) Base acres for peanuts(A) In generalThe term "base acres for peanuts" means the number of acres assigned to a farm pursuant to section 7952 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2007, subject to any adjustment under section 8752 of this title.
(B) Covered commoditiesThe term "base acres", with respect to a covered commodity, has the meaning given the term in section 8711 of this title.
(2) Counter-cyclical paymentThe term "counter-cyclical payment" means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 8754 1 of this title.
(3) Direct paymentThe term "direct payment" means a direct payment made to producers on a farm under section 8753 1 of this title.
(4) Effective priceThe term "effective price" means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 8754 1 of this title for peanuts to determine whether counter-cyclical payments are required to be made under that section for a crop year.
(5) Payment acresThe term "payment acres" means, in the case of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments—
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), 85 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which direct payments or counter-cyclical payments are made; and
(B) in the case of direct payments for each of the 2009 through 2011 crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres for peanuts on a farm on which direct payments are made.
(6) Payment yieldThe term "payment yield" means the yield established for direct payments and the yield established for counter-cyclical payments under section 7952 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2007, for a farm for peanuts.
(7) Producer(A) In generalThe term "producer" means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop on a farm and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.
(B) Hybrid seedIn determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall—
(i) not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and
(ii) ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this subchapter.
(8) StateThe term "State" means—
(A) a State;
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
(D) any other territory or possession of the United States.
(9) Target priceThe term "target price" means the price per ton of peanuts used to determine the payment rate for counter-cyclical payments.
(10) United StatesThe term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.
(Pub. L. 110–234, title I, §1301, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 966; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title I, §1301, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1695.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 8754 of this title, referred to in pars. (2) and (4), was repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title I, §1102(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 658.
Section 8753 of this title, referred to in par. (3), was repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title I, §1101, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 658.
CODIFICATIONPub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
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