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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3431 "(I) as the result of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the producers have suffered substantial losses of production either from being prevented from planting upland cotton or other nonconserving crops or from reduced yields; "(11) the losses have created an economic emergency for the producers; "(HI) crop insurance indemnity payments under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and other forms of assistance made available by the Federal Government to the producers for the losses are insufficient to alleviate the economic emergency; and "(IV) additional assistance must be made available to the producers to alleviate the economic emergency, "(ii) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may make such adjustments in the amount of payments made available under this paragraph with respect to an individual farm as necessary to ensure the equitable allotment of the payments among producers, taking into account other forms of Federal disaster assistance provided to the producers for the crop involved. "(d) PAYMENT YIELDS.— The farm program payment yields for farms for each crop of upland cotton shall be determined under title "(e) ACREAGE REDUCTION PROGRAMS. — " (1) IN GENERAL. — " (A) ESTABLISHMENT.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines that the total supply of upland cotton, in the absence of an acreage limitation program, will be excessive taking into account the need for an adequate carry-over to maintain reasonable and stable supplies and prices and to meet a national emergency, the Secretary may provide for any crop of upland cotton an acreage limitation program as described in paragraph (2). " (B) AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROGRAM.— In making a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall take into consideration the number of acres placed in the agricultural resources conservation program established under subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of1985(16 U.S.C.3831etseq.). " (C) ANNOUNCEMENTS. — "(i) PREUMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.— If the Secretary elects to implement an acreage limitation program for any crop year, the Secretary shall make a preliminary announcement of any such program not later than November 1 of the calendar year preceding the year in which the crop is harvested, except that in the case of the 1991 crop, the Secretary shall announce the program. as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this section. The announcement shall include, among other information determined necessary by the Secretary, an announcement of the uniform percentage

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