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7 U.S.C. § 9054 — Dairy margin coverage
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall continue to administer a dairy margin coverage program for dairy producers under which participating dairy operations are paid a dairy margin coverage payment when actual dairy production margins are less than the threshold levels for a dairy margin coverage payment.
**(b) Regulations** Subpart A of part 1430 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on December 20, 2018), shall remain in effect for dairy margin coverage beginning with the 2019 calendar year, except to the extent that the regulations are inconsistent with any provision of this Act.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall continue to administer a dairy margin coverage program for dairy producers under which participating dairy operations are paid a dairy margin coverage payment when actual dairy production margins are less than the threshold levels for a dairy margin coverage payment.
**(b) Regulations** Subpart A of part 1430 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on December 20, 2018), shall remain in effect for dairy margin coverage beginning with the 2019 calendar year, except to the extent that the regulations are inconsistent with any provision of this Act.
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**(a) Adjustment authority** Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary may make appropriate adjustments in the loan rates for any loan commodity (other than cotton) for differences in grade, type, quality, location, and other factors.
**(b) Manner of adjustment** The adjustments under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be made in such a manner that the average loan level for the commodity will, on the basis of the anticipated incidence of the factors, be equal to the level of support determined in accordance with this subchapter and subtitle C.
**(c) Adjustment on county basis**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may establish loan rates for a crop for producers in individual counties in a manner that results in the lowest loan rate being 95 percent of the national average loan rate, if those loan rates do not result in an increase in outlays.
(2) **Prohibition** — Adjustments under this subsection shall not result in an increase in the national average loan rate for any year.
**(d) Adjustment in loan rate for cotton**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may make appropriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton for differences in quality factors.
(2) **Types of adjustments** — Loan rate adjustments under paragraph (1) may include—
(A) the use of non-spot market price data, in addition to spot market price data, that would enhance the accuracy of the price information used in determining quality adjustments under this subsection;
(B) adjustments in the premiums or discounts associated with upland cotton with a staple length of 33 or above due to micronaire with the goal of eliminating any unnecessary artificial splits in the calculations of the premiums or discounts; and
(C) such other adjustments as the Secretary determines appropr
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**(a) Maintenance of base acres and payment yields** The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under sections 8702 and 8751 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to sections 8711, 8712, 8718, and 8752 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, and as adjusted pursuant to sections 9012 and 9013 of this title.
**(b) Streamlining** In implementing this chapter and the amendments made by this title,11 See References in Text note below. the Secretary shall—
(1) continue to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements, to ensure that—
(A) a producer (or an agent of a producer) may report information, electronically (including geospatial data) or conventionally, to the Department of Agriculture, subject to the Secretary—
(i) establishing reasonable levels of tolerance that reflect the differences in accuracy between measures of common land units and geospatial data; and
(ii) ensuring that discrepancies that occur within the levels of tolerance established under clause (i) shall not be used to penalize a producer (or an agent of a producer) under any program administered by the Department of Agriculture;
(B) on the request of a producer (or an agent of a producer), the Department of Agriculture electronically shares with the producer (or agent) in real time and without cost to the producer (or agent) the common land unit data, related farm level data, conservation practices, and other information of the producer through a single Department of Agriculture-wide login;
(C) not later than September 30, 2020, the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency and the Administrator of
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In this part:
(1) **Actual dairy production margin** — The term “actual dairy production margin” means the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost, as calculated under [section 9052 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9052&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **All-milk price** — The term “all-milk price” means the average price received, per hundredweight of milk, by dairy operations for all milk sold to plants and dealers in the United States, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Average feed cost** — The term “average feed cost” means the average cost of feed used by a dairy operation to produce a hundredweight of milk, determined under [section 9052 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9052&num=0&edition=prelim) using the sum of the following:
(A) The product determined by multiplying 1.0728 by the price of corn per bushel.
(B) The product determined by multiplying 0.00735 by the price of soybean meal per ton.
(C) The product determined by multiplying 0.0137 by the price of alfalfa hay per ton.
(4) **Dairy operation**
(A) *In general* — The term “dairy operation” means, as determined by the Secretary, 1 or more dairy producers that produce and market milk as a single dairy operation in which each dairy producer—
(i) shares in the risk of producing milk; and
(ii) makes contributions (including land, labor, management, equipment, or capital) to the dairy operation of the individual or entity, which are at least commensurate with the individual or entity’s share of the proceeds of the operation.
(B) *Additional ownership structures* — The Secretary shall determine additional ownership structures to be covered by the defi
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**(a) Loss of benefits** A participating dairy operation that fails to pay the required annual administrative fee under [section 9054 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9054&num=0&edition=prelim) or is in arrears on premium payments under [section 9057 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9057&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) remains legally obligated to pay the administrative fee or premiums, as the case may be; and
(2) may not receive dairy margin coverage payments until the fees or premiums are fully paid.
**(b) Enforcement** The Secretary may take such action as necessary to collect administrative fees and premium payments for participation in dairy margin coverage.
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 9054
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 113–79,
Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 649, known as the Agricultural
Act of 2014. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
9001 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–334, § 1401(k)(4)(B)–(D), designated
existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, sub-
stituted ‘‘The Secretary shall continue to administer a
dairy margin coverage program’’ for ‘‘Not later than
September 1, 2014, the Secretary shall establish and ad-
minister a margin protection program’’, substituted
‘‘dairy margin coverage payment’’ for ‘‘margin protec-
tion payment’’ in two places, and added subsec. (b).
Pub. L. 115–334, § 1401(k)(4)(A), substituted ‘‘Dairy
margin coverage’’ for ‘‘Establishment of margin protec-
tion program for dairy producers’’ in section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–334 effective on Jan. 1,
2019, see section 1401(m) of Pub. L. 115–334, set out as a
note under section 9051 of this title.
§ 9054. Participation of dairy operations in dairy
margin coverage
(a) Eligibility
All dairy operations in the United States shall
be eligible to participate in dairy margin cov-
erage to receive dairy margin coverage pay-
ments.
(b) Registration process
(1) In general
The Secretary shall specify the manner and
form by which a participating dairy operation
may register to participate in dairy margin
coverage, including the establishment of a
date each calendar year by which a dairy oper-
ation shall register for the calendar year.
(2) Extension of election period for 2018 cal-
endar year
(A) In gen
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