§7951 Definitions

Summary

These rules give plain meanings for words used in the peanut payment programs. Base acres for peanuts means the number of acres a farm is assigned based on historic peanut producers. Counter-cyclical payment means a payment made under the program to help when prices are low. Effective price means the price the Secretary calculates to decide if counter-cyclical payments are needed for a crop year. Direct payment means a payment made under the program separate from counter-cyclical payments. Historic peanut producer means someone who grew or was prevented from planting peanuts in any of the 1998 through 2001 crop years. Payment acres means 85 percent of the average acreage set for 2002, and 85 percent of the farm’s assigned base acres for 2003 through 2007. Payment yield means the yield assigned to a farm by historic peanut producers. Producer means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper who shares in the risk and the crop; for hybrid seed growers, the Secretary must not deny payment simply because a hybrid seed contract exists. Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. State means the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories or possessions. United States, when used geographically, means all of the States.