§ 8751. Definitions

In this subchapter:

• (1)
  • (A) The term “base acres for peanuts” means the number of acres assigned to a farm pursuant to section 7952 of this title , as in effect on September 30, 2007 , subject to any adjustment under section 8752 of this title .
  • (B) The term “base acres”, with respect to a covered commodity, has the meaning given the term in section 8711 of this title .
• (2) The term “counter-cyclical payment” means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 8754 1 1 See References in Text note below. of this title.
• (3) The term “direct payment” means a direct payment made to producers on a farm under section 8753 1 of this title.
• (4) The term “effective price” means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 8754 1 of this title for peanuts to determine whether counter-cyclical payments are required to be made under that section for a crop year.
• (5) The term “payment acres” means, in the case of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments—
  • (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), 85 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which direct payments or counter-cyclical payments are made; and
  • (B) in the case of direct payments for each of the 2009 through 2011 crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres for peanuts on a farm on which direct payments are made.
• (6) The term “payment yield” means the yield established for direct payments and the yield established for counter-cyclical payments under section 7952 of this title , as in effect on September 30, 2007 , for a farm for peanuts.
• (7)
  • (A) The term “producer” means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop on a farm and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.
  • (B) In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall—
    • (i) not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and
    • (ii) ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this subchapter.
• (8) The term “State” means—
  • (A) a State;
  • (B) the District of Columbia;
  • (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
  • (D) any other territory or possession of the United States.
• (9) The term “target price” means the price per ton of peanuts used to determine the payment rate for counter-cyclical payments.
• (10) The term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.