Payment yields

7 U.S. Code § 9013. Payment yields

(a) Establishment and purpose
For the purpose of making price loss coverage payments under section 9016 of this title, the Secretary shall provide for the establishment of a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed for which a payment yield was not established under section 8712 of this title in accordance with this section.
(b) Payment yields for designated oilseeds
(1) Determination of average yield
In the case of oilseeds designated before December 20, 2018, the Secretary shall determine the average yield per planted acre for the designated oilseed on a farm for the 1998 through 2001 crop years, excluding any crop year in which the acreage planted to the designated oilseed was zero.
(2) Adjustment for payment yield
(A) In generalThe payment yield for a farm for an oilseed designated before December 20, 2018, shall be equal to the product of the following:
(i)
The average yield for the designated oilseed determined under paragraph (1).
(ii)
The ratio resulting from dividing the national average yield for the designated oilseed for the 1981 through 1985 crops by the national average yield for the designated oilseed for the 1998 through 2001 crops.
(B) No national average yield information available
To the extent that national average yield information for an oilseed designated before December 20, 2018, is not available, the Secretary shall use such information as the Secretary determines to be fair and equitable to establish a national average yield under this section.
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