7 U.S.C. § 8739: Availability of recourse…

Summary

Makes recourse loans available for the 2008 through 2012 crops of corn and grain sorghum that are harvested in a high moisture state, and also makes recourse loans available for any production of upland and extra long staple seed cotton for those same years. "High moisture state" means corn or grain sorghum with moisture above the Commodity Credit Corporation standards used for marketing assistance loans under section 8731. Producers on a farm can get a recourse loan if they normally harvest some crop when it is high in moisture, provide proof of quantity (like certified scale tickets from an inspected commercial scale or field measurements where no certified scale is reasonably available), certify they owned and delivered the feed grain to an approved feedlot, mill, or storage facility, and meet the Secretary’s harvest and loan-application deadlines. The loan amount for acquired feed grain equals the acreage harvested in a high moisture state multiplied by the lower of (a) the farm program payment yield used for counter-cyclical payments under subchapter I or (b) an actual yield for a similar field as set by the Secretary. Repayment must be at the commodity loan rate set by the Secretary plus interest calculated under section 7283.

Title 7, §8739

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(a)High moisture feed grains

(1)Definition of high moisture state

In this subsection, the term “high moisture state” means corn or grain sorghum having a moisture content in excess of Commodity Credit Corporation standards for marketing assistance loans made by the Secretary under section 8731 of this title.

(2)Recourse loans available

For each of the 2008 through 2012 crops of corn and grain sorghum, the Secretary shall make available recourse loans, as determined by the Secretary, to producers on a farm that—

(A)normally harvest all or a portion of their crop of corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state;

(B)present—

(i)certified scale tickets from an inspected, certified commercial scale, including a licensed warehouse, feedlot, feed mill, distillery, or other similar entity approved by the Secretary, pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary; or

(ii)field or other physical measurements of the standing or stored crop in regions of the United States, as determined by the Secretary, that do not have certified commercial scales from which certified scale tickets may be obtained within reasonable proximity of harvest operation;

(C)certify that they were the owners of the feed grain at the time of delivery to, and that the quantity to be placed under loan under this subsection was in fact harvested on the farm and delivered to, a feedlot, feed mill, or commercial or on-farm high-moisture storage facility, or to a facility maintained by the users of corn and grain sorghum in a high moisture state; and

(D)comply with deadlines established by the Secretary for harvesting the corn or grain sorghum and submit applications for loans under this subsection within deadlines established by the Secretary.

(3)Eligibility of acquired feed grains

A loan under this subsection shall be made on a quantity of corn or grain sorghum of the same crop acquired by the producer equivalent to a quantity determined by multiplying—

(A)the acreage of the corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state harvested on the producer’s farm; by

(B)the lower of the farm program payment yield used to make counter-cyclical payments under subchapter I or the actual yield on a field, as determined by the Secretary, that is similar to the field from which the corn or grain sorghum was obtained.

(b)Recourse loans available for seed cotton

For each of the 2008 through 2012 crops of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton, the Secretary shall make available recourse seed cotton loans, as determined by the Secretary, on any production.

(c)Repayment rates

Repayment of a recourse loan made under this section shall be at the loan rate established for the commodity by the Secretary, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 7283 of this title).

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.

§8739 Availability of Recourse Loans for High Moisture Feed Grains and Seed Cotton