7 U.S.C. § 7951 — Definitions
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-171 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 416 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines key peanut program terms, like "base acres," "payment yield," and "historic peanut producer." It explains counter-cyclical and direct payments and how payment acres are calculated. It also defines "producer," "Secretary," "State," "target price," and "United States."
This subchapter uses twelve defined terms.
(1) Base acres for peanuts. The number of acres a farm gets assigned under section 7952(b), based on its historic peanut producers.
(2) Counter-cyclical payment. A payment made under section 7954.
(3) Effective price. The price the Secretary calculates under section 7954 to decide whether counter-cyclical payments must be paid for a crop year.
(4) Direct payment. A payment made under section 7953.
(5) Historic peanut producer. A farm producer who grew peanuts, or was prevented from planting them, during any or all of the 1998 through 2001 crop years.
(6) Payment acres. (A) For the 2002 peanut crop, this is 85% of the average acreage figured under section 7952(a)(2) for a historic peanut producer. (B) For the 2003 through 2007 crops, it is 85% of the base acres for peanuts assigned to a farm under section 7952(b).
(7) Payment yield. The peanut yield assigned to a farm by historic peanut producers under section 7952(b).
(8) Producer. An owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper who shares in the risk of growing a crop and is entitled to share in the harvested crop — or would have been, had the crop been grown. When deciding if someone growing hybrid seed counts as a producer, the Secretary must ignore the existence of any hybrid seed contract, and must make sure program rules don't unfairly block that grower from getting a payment.
(9) Secretary. The Secretary of Agriculture.
(10) State. Any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or any other U.S. territory or possession.
(11) Target price. The price per ton of peanuts used to calculate the counter-cyclical payment rate.
(12) United States. When used to mean a place, this means all of the States (as defined in term 10).
In this subchapter:
The term “base acres for peanuts” means the number of acres assigned to a farm by historic peanut producers pursuant to section 7952(b) of this title.
The term “counter-cyclical payment” means a payment made under section 7954 of this title.
The term “effective price” means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 7954 of this title for peanuts to determine whether counter-cyclical payments are required to be made under that section for a crop year.
The term “historic peanut producer” means a producer on a farm in the United States that produced or was prevented from planting peanuts during any or all of the 1998 through 2001 crop years.
The term “payment acres” means—
for the 2002 crop of peanuts, 85 percent of the average acreage determined under section 7952(a)(2) of this title for an historic peanut producer; and
for the 2003 through 2007 crops of peanuts, 85 percent of the base acres for peanuts assigned to a farm under section 7952(b) of this title.
The term “payment yield” means the yield assigned to a farm by historic peanut producers pursuant to section 7952(b) of this title.
The 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. In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract and shall ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this subchapter.
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
The term “State” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
The term “target price” means the price per ton of peanuts used to determine the payment rate for counter-cyclical payments.
The term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1301, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 166.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-171 · 116 Stat. 166
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