§8751 Definitions

Summary

Defines the main words used for peanut payment programs and who can get payments. Base acres for peanuts means the number of acres a farm was assigned under the rules in effect on September 30, 2007, and those acres can be adjusted under a related rule. Base acres for a covered commodity is defined in another part of the law. Counter-cyclical payment means a payment to farm producers under section 8754. Direct payment means a payment to farm producers under section 8753. Effective price is the price the Secretary calculates under section 8754 to decide if counter-cyclical payments are needed for a crop year. Payment acres are the portion of base peanut acres used to figure payments: normally 85 percent, but for direct payments in the 2009 through 2011 crop years it is 83.3 percent. Payment yield is the yield set for a farm for peanuts under the rules in effect on September 30, 2007. Producer means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper who shares the risk and is entitled to the crop (or would have been); for hybrid seed growers the Secretary must ignore the existence of a hybrid seed contract when deciding if they are a producer and must not let program rules stop them from getting payments. State includes the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories or possessions. Target price is the price per ton of peanuts used to set the counter-cyclical payment rate. United States, when used as a place, means all of the States.