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7 USC § 8751 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s8751"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 8751 - Definitions"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "8751"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 113
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PEANUTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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.)"
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# § 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 .