# § 8751. Definitions
In this subchapter:
**(1)** **Base acres for peanuts**
**(A)** **In general** section 7952 of this titleSeptember 30, 2007section 8752 of this title
The term “base acres for peanuts” means the number of acres assigned to a farm pursuant to , as in effect on , subject to any adjustment under .
**(B)** **Covered commodities** section 8711 of this title
The term “base acres”, with respect to a covered commodity, has the meaning given the term in .
**1** **Counter-cyclical payment** [^1]
The term “counter-cyclical payment” means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 8754 of this title.
See References in Text note below.
**(3)** **Direct payment** <sup>1</sup>
The term “direct payment” means a direct payment made to producers on a farm under section 8753 of this title.
**(4)** **Effective price** <sup>1</sup>
The term “effective price” means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 8754 of this title for peanuts to determine whether counter-cyclical payments are required to be made under that section for a crop year.
**(5)** **Payment acres** The term “payment acres” means, in the case of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments—
**(A)** except as provided in subparagraph (B), 85 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which direct payments or counter-cyclical payments are made; and
**(B)** in the case of direct payments for each of the 2009 through 2011 crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres for peanuts on a farm on which direct payments are made.
**(6)** **Payment yield** section 7952 of this titleSeptember 30, 2007
The term “payment yield” means the yield established for direct payments and the yield established for counter-cyclical payments under , as in effect on , for a farm for peanuts.
**(7)** **Producer**
**(A)** **In general** The term “producer” means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop on a farm and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.
**(B)** **Hybrid seed** In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall—
**(i)** not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and
**(ii)** ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this subchapter.
**(8)** **State** The term “State” means—
**(A)** a State;
**(B)** the District of Columbia;
**(C)** the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
**(D)** any other territory or possession of the United States.
**(9)** **Target price** The term “target price” means the price per ton of peanuts used to determine the payment rate for counter-cyclical payments.
**(10)** **United States** The term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1301, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 966; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1301, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1695.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
, referred to in pars. (2) and (4), was repealed by , , .
, referred to in par. (3), was repealed by , , .
### Codification
and enacted identical sections. was repealed by .
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Enactment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under .