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7 USC § 7932 - Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s7932"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 7932 - Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "7932"
section_name: "Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans"
chapter_number: 106
chapter_name: "COMMODITY PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1202, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 155; Pub. L. 108–7, div. A, title VII, § 763(b), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 46.)"
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# § 7932. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans

**(a)** **2002 and 2003 crop years** For purposes of the 2002 and 2003 crop years, the loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under section 7931 of this title for a loan commodity shall be equal to the following:

**(1)** In the case of wheat, $2.80 per bushel.

**(2)** In the case of corn, $1.98 per bushel.

**(3)** In the case of grain sorghum, $1.98 per bushel.

**(4)** In the case of barley, $1.88 per bushel.

**(5)** In the case of oats, $1.35 per bushel.

**(6)** In the case of upland cotton, $0.52 per pound.

**(7)** In the case of extra long staple cotton, $0.7977 per pound.

**(8)** In the case of rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.

**(9)** In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel.

**(10)** In the case of other oilseeds, $.0960 per pound for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:

**(A)** Sunflower seed.

**(B)** Rapeseed.

**(C)** Canola.

**(D)** Safflower.

**(E)** Flaxseed.

**(F)** Mustard seed.

**(G)** Crambe.

**(H)** Sesame seed.

**(I)** Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.

**(11)** In the case of graded wool, $1.00 per pound.

**(12)** In the case of nongraded wool, $0.40 per pound.

**(13)** In the case of mohair, $4.20 per pound.

**(14)** In the case of honey, $0.60 per pound.

**(15)** In the case of dry peas, $6.33 per hundredweight.

**(16)** In the case of lentils, $11.94 per hundredweight.

**(17)** In the case of small chickpeas, $7.56 per hundredweight.

**(b)** **2004 through 2007 crop years** For purposes of the 2004 through 2007 crop years, the loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under section 7931 of this title for a loan commodity shall be equal to the following:

**(1)** In the case of wheat, $2.75 per bushel.

**(2)** In the case of corn, $1.95 per bushel.

**(3)** In the case of grain sorghum, $1.95 per bushel.

**(4)** In the case of barley, $1.85 per bushel.

**(5)** In the case of oats, $1.33 per bushel.

**(6)** In the case of upland cotton, $0.52 per pound.

**(7)** In the case of extra long staple cotton, $0.7977 per pound.

**(8)** In the case of rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.

**(9)** In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel.

**(10)** In the case of other oilseeds, $.0930 per pound for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:

**(A)** Sunflower seed.

**(B)** Rapeseed.

**(C)** Canola.

**(D)** Safflower.

**(E)** Flaxseed.

**(F)** Mustard seed.

**(G)** Crambe.

**(H)** Sesame seed.

**(I)** Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.

**(11)** In the case of graded wool, $1.00 per pound.

**(12)** In the case of nongraded wool, $0.40 per pound.

**(13)** In the case of mohair, $4.20 per pound.

**(14)** In the case of honey, $0.60 per pound.

**(15)** In the case of dry peas, $6.22 per hundredweight.

**(16)** In the case of lentils, $11.72 per hundredweight.

**(17)** In the case of small chickpeas, $7.43 per hundredweight.

**(c)** **Single county loan rate for other oilseeds** The Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in each county for each kind of other oilseeds described in subsections (a)(10) and (b)(10).

**(d)** **Quality grades for dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas** The loan rate for dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas shall be based on—

**(1)** in the case of dry peas, United States feed peas;

**(2)** in the case of lentils, United States number 3 lentils; and

**(3)** in the case of small chickpeas, United States number 3 small chickpeas that drop below a 20/64 screen.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1202, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 155; Pub. L. 108–7, div. A, title VII, § 763(b), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 46.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2003—Subsec. (a)(10). , added par. (10) and struck out former par. (10) which read as follows: “In the case of other oilseeds, $0.0960 per pound.”

Subsec. (b)(10). , added par. (10) and struck out former par. (10) which read as follows: “In the case of other oilseeds, $0.0930 per pound.”

Subsecs. (c), (d). , added subsecs. (c) and (d).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2003 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable beginning with the 2003 crop of other oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas, see , set out as a note under .