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 PUBLIC LAW 98-258—APR. 10, 1984

98 STAT. 133

per centum, in addition to the reduction required under paragraph (2), if any, and who devotes to approved conservation uses an acreage of cropland equivalent to the reduction required from the feed grain acreage base under this paragraph."; (B) striking out "Such payments" in the eighth sentence (as redesignated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) and inserting in lieu thereof "Diversion payments made to producers under this paragraph"; (C) in the ninth sentence (as redesignated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph)— (i) striking out "for corn" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the 1983 crop of corn"; and (ii) inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof ", and at not less than $1.50 per bushel for the 1985 crop of corn"; and (D) striking out "1983 crop" in the eleventh sentence (as redesignated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) and inserting in lieu thereof "1983 and 1985 crops".

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PRICE SUPPORT TO PRODUCERS WHO CUT CORN FOR SILAGE

SEC. 203. Section 105B(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444d(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(3) The Secretary may make available loans and purchases, as provided in this subsection, to producers on a farm who cut for silage corn that they have produced of the 1984 and 1985 crops and who participate in the program provided for by the Secretary under subsection (e). Such loans and purchases may be made on a quantity of corn of the same crop, other than the corn cut for silage, acquired by the producer equivalent to a quantity determined by multiplying the acreage of corn cut for silage by the lower of the farm program payment yield or the actual yield on a field, as determined by the Secretary, that is similar to the field from which such silage was obtained.". TITLE III—UPLAND COTTON TARGET PRICES

SEC. 301. Section 103(g)(3)(B) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444(g)(3)(B)) is amended by striking out "$0.81 per pound for the 1984 crop, and $0.86 per pound for the 1985 crop" and inserting in lieu thereof "and $0.81 per pound for the 1984 and 1985 crops. A C R E A G E U M I T A T I O N A N D P A I D D IV E R S I O N PROGRAM FOR UPLAND

COTTON

SEC. 302. Section 103(g)(9) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444(g)(9)) is amended by— (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), inserting "except as provided in the second and third sentences of this subparagraph," immediately after the first comma; (2) inserting immediately after the first sentence of subparagraph (A) the following new sentences: "For the 1985 crop of upland cotton, if the Secretary estimates that the quantity of

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