Title 7 › Chapter 35A— PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › Subchapter II— BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › § 1445a
Beginning with the 1964 crop, the government sets wheat price supports based on what paperwork comes with the wheat. If the wheat has domestic certificates, support must be between 65% and 90% of the parity price, as the Secretary decides using factors in section 1421(b). If it has export certificates, support can be up to 90% of parity, also as the Secretary decides. If it has no marketing certificates, support can be set up to 90% of parity, and the Secretary must consider world wheat prices, wheat’s value as animal feed compared with feed grains, and the support level for feed grains. Only "cooperators" can get price support, and only inside a commercial wheat-producing area if one is established. A "cooperator" is a producer who does not knowingly go over the farm’s wheat acreage allotment and who follows the land-use rules in section 1339 as the Secretary requires. For crops planted for harvest in 1966 and later, if no national marketing quota is set or quotas are rejected, price support follows section 1441 and a "cooperator" just means a producer who does not knowingly exceed the farm’s wheat acreage allotment. Turning in any marketing excess to the Secretary or storing it under the rules avoids being treated as over the allotment, but that excess cannot get price support. Farms exempt under section 1335 do not count toward other farms’ allotments, and wheat stored under section 1379c(b) is not counted as excess but is not eligible for support.
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7 U.S.C. § 1445a
Title 7 — Agriculture
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Apr 3, 2026
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