Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 35A— - PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › § 1445a
Starts with the 1964 crop and limits how high government price supports for wheat can be. For wheat with domestic certificates, support must be at least 65% and at most 90% of the parity price. For wheat with export certificates, support can be up to 90% of parity. For wheat without marketing certificates, support also cannot exceed 90% of parity and the Secretary will set the level while considering world wheat prices, wheat’s value as animal feed versus other feed grains, and feed-grain support levels. The Secretary must use the factors listed in section 1421(b) when deciding the exact levels. Price support is available only to “cooperators,” and only inside a declared commercial wheat-producing area if one is set. A “cooperator” is a producer who does not knowingly plant more wheat acreage than the farm’s allotment (and generally not more on other farms where they share production, unless rules allow) and who follows the land-use rules in section 1339 as the Secretary requires. For crops planted for harvest in 1966 and later, if there is no national marketing quota or if producers reject quotas, price support follows section 1441. A producer is not treated as exceeding the allotment if the extra crop is delivered to the Secretary or stored under the rules to avoid a penalty, but that extra wheat cannot get price support. The same no‑exceeding rule applies if another farm is exempt under section 1335 or if the excess is stored under section 1379c(b), but the excess stored wheat is not eligible for support.
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7 U.S.C. § 1445a
Title 7 — Agriculture
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73