7 USC 8716 - Producer agreement required as condition of provision of payments

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 23, 2024

§ 8716.

Producer agreement required as condition of provision of payments

(a)

Compliance with certain requirements

(1)

Requirements

Before the producers on a farm may receive direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments with respect to the farm, the producers shall agree, during the crop year for which the payments are made and in exchange for the payments—

(A)

to comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.);

(B)

to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.);

(C)

to comply with the planting flexibility requirements of section 8717 of this title;

(D)

to use the land on the farm, in a quantity equal to the attributable base acres for the farm and any base acres for peanuts for the farm under subchapter III, for an agricultural or conserving use, and not for a nonagricultural commercial, industrial, or residential use, as determined by the Secretary; and

(E)

to effectively control noxious weeds and otherwise maintain the land in accordance with sound agricultural practices, as determined by the Secretary, if the agricultural or conserving use involves the noncultivation of any portion of the land referred to in subparagraph (D).

(2)

Compliance

(3)

Modification

(b)

Transfer or change of interest in farm

(1)

Termination

(A)

In general

(B)

Effective date

(2)

Exception

(c)

Reports

(1)

Acreage reports

(2)

Production reports

(3)

Penalties

(d)

Tenants and sharecroppers

(e)

Sharing of payments

(f)

Extension of 2008 signup

(1)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall extend the 2008 crop year deadline for the signup for benefits under this subchapter by producers on a farm with base acres of 10 acres or less until the later of—

(A)

November 14, 2008; or

(B)

the end of the 45-day period beginning on October 13, 2008.

(2)

Penalties

(Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1106, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 949; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1106, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664

cite as: 7 USC 8716