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7 U.S.C. § 7917 — Planting flexibility
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**(a) Permitted crops** Subject to subsection (b), any commodity or crop may be planted on base acres on a farm.
**(b) Limitations regarding certain commodities**
(1) **General limitation** — The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) shall be prohibited on base acres unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.
(2) **Treatment of trees and other perennials** — The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) that is produced on a tree or other perennial plant shall be prohibited on base acres.
(3) **Covered agricultural commodities** — Paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to the following agricultural commodities:
(A) Fruits.
(B) Vegetables (other than lentils, mung beans, and dry peas).
(C) Wild rice.
**(c) Exceptions** Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall not limit the planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) of that subsection—
(1) in any region in which there is a history of double-cropping of covered commodities with agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3), as determined by the Secretary, in which case the double-cropping shall be permitted;
(2) on a farm that the Secretary determines has a history of planting agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3) on base acres, except that direct payments and counter-cyclical payments shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to such an agricultural commodity; or
(3) by the producers on a farm that the Secretary determines has an established planting history of a specific agricultural commodity specified in subsection (b)(3), except that—
(A) the quantity planted may not exceed the average annual planting history of such agricultural commodity by the producers on the farm in the 1
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**(a) Permitted crops** Subject to subsection (b), any commodity or crop may be planted on base acres on a farm.
**(b) Limitations regarding certain commodities**
(1) **General limitation** — The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) shall be prohibited on base acres unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.
(2) **Treatment of trees and other perennials** — The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) that is produced on a tree or other perennial plant shall be prohibited on base acres.
(3) **Covered agricultural commodities** — Paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to the following agricultural commodities:
(A) Fruits.
(B) Vegetables (other than lentils, mung beans, and dry peas).
(C) Wild rice.
**(c) Exceptions** Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall not limit the planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) of that subsection—
(1) in any region in which there is a history of double-cropping of covered commodities with agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3), as determined by the Secretary, in which case the double-cropping shall be permitted;
(2) on a farm that the Secretary determines has a history of planting agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3) on base acres, except that direct payments and counter-cyclical payments shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to such an agricultural commodity; or
(3) by the producers on a farm that the Secretary determines has an established planting history of a specific agricultural commodity specified in subsection (b)(3), except that—
(A) the quantity planted may not exceed the average annual planting history of such agricultural commodity by the producers on the farm in the 1991 through 1995 or 1998 through 2001 crop years (excluding any crop year in which no plantings were made), as determined by the Secretary; and
(B) direct payments and counter-cyclical payments shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to such agricultural commodity.
**(d) Special rule for 2002 crop year** For the 2002 crop year only, if the calculation of base acres under [section 7911(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7911/a&num=0&edition=prelim) results in total base acres for a farm in excess of the contract acreage (as defined in [section 7202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7202&num=0&edition=prelim)) for the farm used to calculate the fiscal year 2002 payment authorized under [section 7214 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7214&num=0&edition=prelim), paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall not limit the harvesting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) of that subsection on the excess base acres, except that direct payments and counter-cyclical payments for the 2002 crop year shall be reduced by an acre for each acre of the excess base acres planted to such an agricultural commodity.
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**(a) Individual payment quantity of contract commodities** For each contract, the payment quantity of a contract commodity for each fiscal year shall be equal to the product of—
(1) 85 percent of the contract acreage; and
(2) the farm program payment yield.
**(b) Annual payment quantity of contract commodities** The payment quantity of each contract commodity covered by all contracts for each fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the amounts calculated under subsection (a) for each individual contract.
**(c) Annual payment rate** The payment rate for a contract commodity for each fiscal year shall be equal to—
(1) the amount made available under [section 7213 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7213&num=0&edition=prelim) for the contract commodity for the fiscal year; divided by
(2) the amount determined under subsection (b) for the fiscal year.
**(d) Annual payment amount** The amount to be paid under a contract in effect for each fiscal year with respect to all contract commodities covered by the contract shall be equal to the sum of the products of—
(1) the payment quantity determined under subsection (a) for each of the contract commodities covered by the contract; and
(2) the corresponding payment rate for the contract commodity in effect under subsection (c).
**(e) Reduction in payment amount** The contract payment determined under subsection (d) for an owner or producer for a fiscal year shall be immediately reduced by the amount of any repayment of deficiency payments that is required under section 114(a)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ([7 U.S.C. 1445j(a)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1445j/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim)) and is not repaid as of th
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In this chapter:
(1) **Agricultural Act of 1949** — Except in [section 7301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7301&num=0&edition=prelim), the term “Agricultural Act of 1949” means the Agricultural Act of 1949 ([7 U.S.C. 1421](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1421&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), as in effect prior to the suspensions under [section 7301(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7301/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Considered planted** — The term “considered planted” means acreage that is considered planted under title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ([7 U.S.C. 1461](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1461&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and such other acreage as the Secretary considers fair and equitable.
(3) **Contract** — The terms “contract” and “production flexibility contract” mean a production flexibility contract entered into under [section 7211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7211&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Contract acreage** — The term “contract acreage” means 1 or more crop acreage bases established for contract commodities under title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ([7 U.S.C. 1461](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1461&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) that would have been in effect for the 1996 crop (but for suspension under [section 7301(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7301/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(5) **Contract commodity** — The term “contract commodity” means wheat, corn, grain
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 7932
§ 7917. Relation to remaining payment authority
under production flexibility contracts
(a) Termination of superseded payment author-
ity
Notwithstanding section 7213(a)(7) of this title
or any other provision of law, the Secretary
shall not make payments for fiscal year 2002
after May 13, 2002, under a production flexibility
contract entered into under section 7211 of this
title unless requested by the producer that is a
party to the contract.
(b) Contract payments made before enactment
If a producer receives all or any portion of the
payment authorized for fiscal year 2002 under a
production flexibility contract, the Secretary
shall reduce the amount of the direct payment
otherwise due the producer for the 2002 crop year
under section 7913 of this title by the amount of
the fiscal year 2002 payment received by the pro-
ducer under the production flexibility contract.
(Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1107, May 13, 2002, 116
Stat. 154.)
§ 7918. Period of effectiveness
This subchapter shall be effective beginning
with the 2002 crop year of each covered com-
modity through the 2007 crop year.
(Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1108, May 13, 2002, 116
Stat. 155.)
SUBCHAPTER II—MARKETING ASSISTANCE
LOANS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS
§ 7931. Availability of nonrecourse marketing as-
sistance loans for loan commodities
(a) Nonrecourse loans available
(1) Availability
For each of the 2002 through 2007 crops of
each loan commodity, the Secretary shall
make available to producers on a farm non-
recourse marketing assistance loans for loan
commodities produced on the farm.
(2) Terms and conditions
The marketing assistance loans shall be
made under terms and conditions that are pre-
scribed by the Secretary and at the lo
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