7 U.S.C. § 9011
In this subchapter and subchapter II:
The term "actual crop revenue", with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under section 9017(b) of this title.
The term "agriculture risk coverage" means coverage provided under section 9017 of this title.
The term "agriculture risk coverage guarantee", with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under section 9017(c) of this title.
The term "base acres", with respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means the number of acres in effect under sections 8702 and 8751 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to sections 8711, 8718, and 8752 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, subject to any reallocation, adjustment, or reduction under section 9012 of this title.
The term "base acres" includes any generic base acres planted to a covered commodity as determined in section 9014(b) of this title.
The term "county coverage" means agriculture risk coverage selected under section 9015(b)(1) of this title to be obtained at the county level.
The term "covered commodity" means wheat, oats, and barley (including wheat, oats, and barley used for haying and grazing), corn, grain sorghum, long grain rice, medium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other oilseeds, and peanuts.
Effective beginning with the 2018 crop year, the term "covered commodity" includes seed cotton.
The term "effective price", with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 9016(b) of this title to determine whether price loss coverage payments are required to be provided for that crop year.
The term "effective reference price", with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the lesser of the following:
The term "extra long staple cotton" means cotton that-
The term "generic base acres" means the number of base acres for cotton in effect under section 8702 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to section 8711 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, subject to any adjustment or reduction under section 9012 of this title.
The term "individual coverage" means agriculture risk coverage selected under section 9015(b)(2) of this title to be obtained at the farm level.
The term "medium grain rice" includes short grain rice and temperate japonica rice.
The term "other oilseed" means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by the Secretary.
The term "payment acres", with respect to the provision of price loss coverage payments and agriculture risk coverage payments, means the number of acres determined for a farm under section 9014 of this title.
The term "payment yield", for a farm for a covered commodity-
The term "price loss coverage" means coverage provided under section 9016 of this title.
The term "producer" means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop 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-
The term "pulse crop" means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.
The term "reference price", with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the following:
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.
The term "seed cotton" means unginned upland cotton that includes both lint and seed.
The term "State" means-
The term "temperate japonica rice" means rice that is grown in high altitudes or temperate regions of high latitudes with cooler climate conditions, in the Western United States, as determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of-
The term "transitional yield" has the meaning given the term in section 1502(b) of this title.
The term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.
The term "United States Premium Factor" means the percentage by which the difference in the United States loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling (SM) 11/8-inch upland cotton and for Middling (M) 13/32-inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the applicable premiums for comparable international qualities.
7 U.S.C. § 9011
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this subtitle", meaning subtitle A (§§1101-1109) of title I of Pub. L. 113-79, 128 Stat. 658, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables.This chapter, referred to in par. (17)(B)(ii), was in the original "this title", meaning title I of Pub. L. 113-79, 128 Stat. 658, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS2018-Par. (6). Pub. L. 115-123, §60101(a)(1), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B).Pars. (8) to (18). Pub. L. 115-334, §1101, added par. (8) and redesignated former pars. (8) to (17) as (9) to (18), respectively. Former par. (18) redesignated (19).Par. (18)(O). Pub. L. 115-123, §60101(a)(2), added subpar. (O).Par. (19). Pub. L. 115-334, §1101(1), redesignated par. (18) as (19). Former par. (19) redesignated (20). Pars. (20) to (25). Pub. L. 115-334, §1101(1), redesignated pars. (19) to (24) as (20) to (25), respectively. Former par. (25) redesignated (26). Pub. L. 115-123, §60101(a)(3), added par. (20) and redesignated former pars. (20) to (24) as (21) to (25), respectively. Par. (26). Pub. L. 115-334, §1101(1), redesignated par. (25) as (26).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 115-123, div. F, §60101(a)(13), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 311, provided that: "Except as provided in paragraph (10) [amending section 1508b of this title], the amendments made by this subsection [amending this section and sections 1508b, 9013 to 9016, and 9032 of this title] shall apply beginning with the 2018 crop year."
ADMINISTRATION Pub. L. 115-123, div. F, §60101(a)(12), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 311, provided that: "The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out the amendments made by this subsection [amending this section and sections 1508b, 9013 to 9016, and 9032 of this title] in accordance with section 1601 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9091)."
POPCORN ACREAGE Pub. L. 108-7, div. A, title VII, §767, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 48, as amended by Pub. L. 113-79, title I, §1609(c), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 709, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of administering subtitle A of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 [7 U.S.C. 9011 et seq.], acreage planted to, or prevented from being planted to, popcorn shall be considered as acreage planted to, or prevented from being planted to, corn: Provided, That if a farm program payment yield for corn is otherwise established for a farm under such subtitle, the same yield shall be used for the acreage on the farm planted to, or prevented from being planted to, popcorn: Provided further, That with respect to all other farms, the farm program payment yield for such popcorn acreage shall be established by the Secretary on a fair and equitable basis to reflect the farm program payment yields for corn on similar farms in the area."