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 103 STAT. 588 PUBLIC LAW 101-82—AUG. 14, 1989 Public information. Federal Register, publication. "(2) SOYBEANS.— A crop insurance contract offered to a pro- ducer of a crop of soybeans shall be based on a yield coverage plan that uses the producer's actual production history for the 5 previous crops, subject to paragraph (3), to determine the jdeld coverage. " (3) ACTUAL PRODUCTION HISTORY.— "(A) INADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION. —Under a plan that uses actual production history, as provided for in paragraph (1) or (2), if the producer does not submit adequate docu- mentation of such history for a crop— "(i) in the case of any commodity other than soy- beans, the producer shall be assigned the producer's farm program yield for that crop of the commodity; and "(ii) in the case of soybeans, the producer shall be assigned a yield equal to 100 percent of the area aver- age jdeld for that crop of soybeans, as established by the Corporation. "(B) NOTICE OF AREA AVERAGE YIELDS. — Area average 3rields applicable to any county shall be posted and avaU- able for inspection at the county office of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. "(C) MINIMUM COVERAGE. —In no case may a producer's coverage under such plan that uses actual production his- tory be less than the coverage established using farm pro- gram yields, or (for soybeans) 100 percent of the most recent area average yield. " (c) USE OF YIELD COVERAGE PROVISIONS. — "(1) NOTICE.— The Corporation shall ensure that, whenever the jdeld coverage provisions of this section go into effect, producers are given adequate notice of such provisions in ad- vance of the crop insurance sign-up period applicable to the crops to which such provisions first will apply. "(2) SIGN-UP PERIOD. — To the extent that the provisions of this section are made applicable to the 1990 crops, the Corporation shall ensure that the sign-up period for any 1990 crop does not end earlier than 60 days following the publication of notice of such provisions in the Federal Register.". Approved August 14, 1989. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2467 (S. 1429): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-91 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-93 accompanying S. 1429 (Comm. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): June 27, considered and passed House. Aug. 2, considered and passed Senate, amended. Aug. 4, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment. Senate concurred in House amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 25 (1989): Aug. 14, Presidential remarks.

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