Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/293

 PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1403

"(E)(i) A number of acres on the farm shall be devoted to conservation uses, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary. Such number shall be determined by dividing— "(I) the product obtained by multiplying the number of acres required to be withdrawn from the production of feed grains times the number of acres planted to such commodity; by "(II) the number of acres authorized to be planted to such commodity under the limitation established by the Secretary. "(ii) The number of acres so determined is hereafter in this subsection referred to as 'reduced acreage'. "(F) If an acreage limitation program is announced under paragraph (1) for a crop of feed grains, subsection (d) shall not be applicable to such crop, including any prior announcement that may have been made under such subsection with respect to such crop. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(DOB), the individual farm program acreage shall be the acreage planted on the farm to feed grains for harvest within the permitted feed grain acreage for the farm as established under this paragraph. "(3)(A) If a set-aside program is announced under paragraph (1), as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments for feed grains authorized by this Act (except as provided in subsection (g)), the producers on a farm must— "(i) set aside and devote to conservation uses an acreage of cropland equal to a specified percentage, as determined by the Secretary, of the acreage of feed grains planted for harvest for the crop for which the set-aside is in effect; and "(ii) otherwise comply with the terms of such program. "(B) The set-aside acreage shall be devoted to conservation uses, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary. "(C) If a set-aside program is established, the Secretary may limit the acreage plsmted to feed grains. Such limitation shall be applied on a uniform basis to all feed grain-producing farms. "(D) The Secretary may make such adjustments in individual setaside acreages under this section as the Secretary determines necessary— "(i) to correct for abnormal factors affecting production; and "(ii) to give due consideration to tillable acreage, crop-rotation practices, types of soil, soil and water conservation measures, topography, and such other factors as the Secretary determines necessary. "(4)(A) The regulations issued by the Secretary under paragraphs (2) and (3) with respect to acreage required to be devoted to conservation uses shall assure protection of such acreage from weeds and wind and water erosion. "(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), the Secretary may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any part of such acreage to be devoted to sweet sorghum, hay and grazing, or the production of g^uar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, flaxseed, triticale, rye, or other commodity, if the Secretary determines that such production is needed to provide an adequate supply of such commodities, is not likely to increase the cost of the price support progrsun, and will not affect farm income adversely. "(C)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary shall permit, at the request of the State committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) for a State and subject to such terms and conditions as the

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