Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/276

 99 STAT. 1386

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PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

"(ID the loan level determined for such crop, prior to any adjustment made under subsection (a)(4) for the marketing year for such crop of wheat. "(ii) If the national weighted average market price received by producers during the first 5 months of the marketing year for a crop, as determined by the Secretary, exceeds $2.55 per bushel for the 1986 crop, $2.65 per bushel for the 1987 crop, or $2.82 per bushel for the 1988 crop, at the option of the Secretary, the payment rate for such crop of wheat shall be the amount by which the established price for the crop of wheat exceeds the higher of— "(I) $2.55 per bushel for the 1986 crop, $2.65 per bushel for the 1987 crop, and $2.82 per bushel for the 1988 crop; or "(II) the loan level determined for such crop, prior to any adjustment made under subsection (a)(4) for the marketing year for such crop of wheat. "(E)(i) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if the Secretary adjusts the level of loans and purchases for wheat under subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall provide emergency compensation by increasing the established price payments for wheat by such amount as the Secretary determines necessary to provide the same total return to producers as if the adjustment in the level of loans and purchases had not been made, taking into consideration any payments made as the result of subparagraph (D)(ii). "(ii) In determining the payment rate, per bushel, for established price payments for a crop of wheat under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall use the national weighted average market price, per bushel of wheat, received by producers during the marketing year for such crop, as determined by the Secretary. "(F) For any crop of wheat for which marketing quotas are in effect, the established price shall not be less than the higher of^ "(i) the national average cost of production per bushel of wheat, as determined by the Secretary under subsection (a)(2); or "(ii) $4.65 per bushel. ~ - fv.. "(G) For any crop of wheat for which marketing quotas are not in effect, the established price for wheat shall not be less than $4.38 per bushel for each of the 1986 and 1987 crops, $4.29 per bushel for the 1988 crop, $4.16 per bushel for the 1989 crop, and $4.00 per bushel for the 1990 crop. "(H) For any crop of wheat for which marketing quotas are not in effect, at the option of the Secretary and subject to subparagraph (G), the established price for wheat applicable to producers may be determined on the basis of— "(i) the percentage by which the producers reduce the acreage planted to wheat on the farm for harvest from the crop acreage base for the farm in accordance with an acreage limitation program described in subsection (f)(2); or "(ii) a graduated scale of production under which the amount of the payments made to the producers would vary for specified quantities of wheat produced by the producers and such payments would be targeted to commercial family farmers who have annual gross sales in excess of $20,000. "(I) 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).

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