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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§1445d Special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for 1978 through 1990 crop years

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 35A— - PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › § 1445d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary to run a special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for the 1978 through 1990 crop years. A farmer may pick up to 40% of the acres on a farm intended for wheat, feed grains, or upland cotton, or 50 acres (whichever is larger), to plant to wheat or another crop that is not corn or grain sorghum and use those acres for grazing or hay instead of growing grain. The farmer must name the specific acres and may only harvest hay from them. The farmer gets a payment equal to the farm’s wheat program payment yield times the number of acres in the program times a payment rate the Secretary sets as fair and reasonable. No other payments or price supports are allowed on those acres. These acres count in addition to any set-aside or diversion programs. The Secretary can make rules and must run the program through the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1445d

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(a)The Secretary is authorized to administer a special wheat acreage grazing and hay program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “special program”) in each of the crop years 1978 through 1990. If a special program is implemented, a producer shall be permitted to designate, under such regulations as established by the Secretary, a portion of the acreage on the farm intended to be planted to wheat, feed grains, or upland cotton for harvest, not in excess of 40 per centum thereof, or 50 acres, whichever is greater, which shall be planted to wheat (or some other commodity other than corn or grain sorghum) and used by the producer for grazing purposes or hay rather than for commercial grain production. A producer who elects to participate in the special program shall receive a payment as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
(b)Any producer who elects to participate in the special program under this section shall designate the specific acreage on the farm which is to be used for the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section. No crop other than hay may be harvested from acreage included in the special program.
(c)The Secretary shall pay the producer participating in the special program an amount determined by multiplying the farm program payment yield for wheat established for the farm, by the number of acres included in the special program, by a rate of payment determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable. The producer shall not be eligible for any other payment or price support on any portion of the acreage for the farm which the producer elects to include in the special program.
(d)Acreage included in the special program shall be in addition to any acreage included in any acreage set-aside, reduced acreage, or land diversion program otherwise provided for by law.
(e)The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(f)The Secretary shall carry out the special program through the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–198 substituted “1990” for “1985”. 1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–98, § 1110(1), (2), substituted “1985” for “1981” and “If a special program is implemented” for “Under the special program”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97–98, § 1110(3), inserted “, reduced acreage, or land diversion”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 4301 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an

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of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1445d

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73