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§8788 Durum wheat quality program

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 113— - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - ADMINISTRATION › § 8788

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary will pay durum producers up to 50% of their actual fungicide costs to control Fusarium head blight on certified durum acres, if funds are available. If money is not enough, the Secretary will reduce payments proportionally and fairly; $10,000,000 was authorized for each fiscal year 2009 through 2012.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §8788

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(a)Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide compensation to producers of durum wheat in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the actual cost of fungicides applied to a crop of durum wheat of the producers to control Fusarium head blight (wheat scab) on acres certified to have been planted to Durum wheat in a crop year.
(b)If the total amount of funds appropriated for a fiscal year under subsection (c) are insufficient to fulfill all eligible requests for compensation under this section, the Secretary shall prorate the compensation payments in a manner determined by the Secretary to be equitable.
(c)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 8788

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73