Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/964

 91 STAT. 930

PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977

determines fair and reasonable in relation to the rate at which •' payments are made available for com. " (E) The total quantity on which payments would otherwise be payable to a producer on a farm for any crop under this paragraph shall be reduced by the quantity on which any disaster payment is made to the producer for the crop under paragraph (2) of this subsection. Prevented "(2)(A) Effective only with respect to the 1978 and 1979 crops of planting disaster feed grains, if the Secretary determines that the producers on a farm payments. jjre prevented from planting any portion of the acreage intended for feed grains to feed grains or other nonconserving crops because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the Secretary shall make a prevented planting disaster payment to the producers on the number of acres so affected but not to exceed the acreage planted to feed grains for harvest (including any acreage which the producers were prevented from planting to feed grains or other nonconserving crop in lieu of feed grains because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers) in the immediately preceding year multiplied by 75 per centum of the farm program payment yield for feed grains established by the Secretary times a payment rate equal to 33i/^ per centum of the established price per bushel. Farm disaster " (B) Effective only with respect to the 1978 and 1979 crops of feed payment. grains, if the Secretary determines that because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the total quantity of feed grains which the producers are able to harvest on any farm is less than the result of multiplying 60 per centum of the farm program payment yield establislied by the Secretary for such crop by the acreage planted for harvest for such crop, the Secretary shall make a farm disaster payment to the producers at a rate equal to 50 per centum of the established price for the crop for the deficiency in production below 60 per centum for the crop. "(C) In the case of the 1977 crop of feed grains, disaster payments for prevented planting for feed grains shall be computed as provided in section 105 of this Act, as amended for the 1974 through 1977 crops 7 USC 1307 note, by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, and disaster payments for low yield shall be computed in accordance with the formula provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph: Provided, That producers may elect to receive disaster payments for low yield 7 USC 1444b. computed as provided in section 105 of this Act, as amended for the 1974 through 1977 crops by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973: Provided further, That no disaster payments for low yield may be made under this paragraph prior to October 1, 1977. "(c) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this section for any farm among producers on the farm on a ' fair and equitable basis.". PROGRAM ACREAGES AND P A Y M E N T YIELDS; SET-ASIDE PROGRAM Proclamation. Ante, p. 928.

Revision.

SEC. 502. Effective only for the 1978 through 1981 crops of feed grains, the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by adding subsections (d) through (i) to section 105A to read as follows: "(d)(1) The Secretary shall proclaim a national program acreage for each of the 1978 through 1981 crops of feed grains. The proclamation shall be made not later than November 15 of each calendar year for the crop harvested in the next succeeding calendar year. The Secretary may revise the national program acreage first proclaimed for

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