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7 U.S.C. § 7218 — Planting flexibility
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**(a) Permitted crops** Subject to subsection (b), any commodity or crop may be planted on contract acreage on a farm.
**(b) Limitations and exceptions regarding fruits and vegetables**
(1) **Limitations** — The planting of fruits and vegetables (other than lentils, mung beans, and dry peas) shall be prohibited on contract acreage.
(2) **Exceptions** — Paragraph (1) shall not limit the planting of a fruit or vegetable—
(A) in any region in which there is a history of double-cropping of contract commodities with fruits or vegetables, as determined by the Secretary, in which case the double-cropping shall be permitted;
(B) on a farm that the Secretary determines has a history of planting fruits or vegetables on contract acreage, except that a contract payment shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to the fruit or vegetable; or
(C) by a producer who the Secretary determines has an established planting history of a specific fruit or vegetable, except that—
(i) the quantity planted may not exceed the producer’s average annual planting history of the fruit or vegetable in the 1991 through 1995 crop years (excluding any crop year in which no plantings were made), as determined by the Secretary; and
(ii) a contract payment shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to the fruit or vegetable.
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**(a) Permitted crops** Subject to subsection (b), any commodity or crop may be planted on contract acreage on a farm.
**(b) Limitations and exceptions regarding fruits and vegetables**
(1) **Limitations** — The planting of fruits and vegetables (other than lentils, mung beans, and dry peas) shall be prohibited on contract acreage.
(2) **Exceptions** — Paragraph (1) shall not limit the planting of a fruit or vegetable—
(A) in any region in which there is a history of double-cropping of contract commodities with fruits or vegetables, as determined by the Secretary, in which case the double-cropping shall be permitted;
(B) on a farm that the Secretary determines has a history of planting fruits or vegetables on contract acreage, except that a contract payment shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to the fruit or vegetable; or
(C) by a producer who the Secretary determines has an established planting history of a specific fruit or vegetable, except that—
(i) the quantity planted may not exceed the producer’s average annual planting history of the fruit or vegetable in the 1991 through 1995 crop years (excluding any crop year in which no plantings were made), as determined by the Secretary; and
(ii) a contract payment shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to the fruit or vegetable.
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**(a) Short title** This chapter may be cited as the “Agricultural Market Transition Act”.
**(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this chapter—
(1) to authorize the use of binding production flexibility contracts between the United States and agricultural producers to support farming certainty and flexibility while ensuring continued compliance with farm conservation and wetland protection requirements;
(2) to make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available for certain crops;
(3) to improve the operation of farm programs for milk, peanuts, and sugar; and
(4) to establish a commission to undertake a comprehensive review of past and future production agriculture in the United States.
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**(a) Offer and terms** The Secretary shall offer to enter into a production flexibility contract with an eligible owner or producer described in subsection (b) on a farm containing eligible cropland. Under the terms of a contract, the owner or producer shall agree, in exchange for annual contract payments, to—
(1) comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(2) comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of the Act ([16 U.S.C. 3821](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3821&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(3) comply with the planting flexibility requirements of [section 7218 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7218&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(4) use the land subject to the contract for an agricultural or related activity, but not for a nonagricultural commercial or industrial use, as determined by the Secretary.
**(b) Eligible owners and producers described** The following producers and owners shall be eligible to enter into a contract:
(1) An owner of eligible cropland who assumes all or a part of the risk of producing a crop.
(2) A producer (other than an owner) on eligible cropland with a share-rent lease of the eligible cropland, regardless of the length of the lease, if the owner enters into the same contract.
(3) A producer (other than an owner) on eligible cropland who cash rents the eligible cropland under a lease expiring on or after September 30, 2002, in which case the owner is not required to enter into the contract.
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Page 1975
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 7231
tract in effect on the date of the foreclosure
shall apply.
(d) Review
A determination of the Secretary under this
section shall be considered to be an adverse deci-
sion for purposes of the availability of adminis-
trative review of the determination.
(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 116, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 903.)
§ 7217. Transfer or change of interest in lands
subject to contract
(a) Termination
Except as provided in subsection (c), a transfer
of (or change in) the interest of an owner or pro-
ducer subject to a contract in the contract acre-
age covered by the contract shall result in the
termination of the contract with respect to the
acreage, unless the transferee or owner of the
acreage agrees to assume all obligations under
the contract. The termination shall be effective
on the date of the transfer or change.
(b) Modification
At the request of the transferee or owner, the
Secretary may modify the contract if the modi-
fications are consistent with the objectives of
this subchapter, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Exception
If an owner or producer who is entitled to a
contract payment dies, becomes incompetent, or
is otherwise unable to receive the contract pay-
ment, the Secretary shall make the payment, in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary.
(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 117, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 904.)
§ 7218. Planting flexibility
(a) Permitted crops
Subject to subsection (b), any commodity or
crop may be planted on contract acreage on a
farm.
(b) Limitations and exceptions regarding fruits
and vegetables
(1) Limitations
The planting of fruits and vegetables (other
than lentils, mung beans, and dry peas) shall
be prohibited on contract acreage.
(2) Exceptions
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