Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/87

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^^mw-'i PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3409 established under subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.). "(C) ANNOUNCEMENTS. — If the Secretary elects to implement an acreage limitation program for any crop year, the Secretary shall announce the program not later than September 30 prior to the calendar year in which the crop is harvested, except that in the case of the 1991 crop, the Secretary shall announce the program as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this section. "(D) ADJUSTMENTS.—Not later than November 15 of the year previous to the year in which the crop is harvested, the Secretary may make adjustments in the program announced under subparagraph (C) if the Secretary determines that there has been a signihcant change in the total supply of feed grains since the program was first announced. "(E) COMPLIANCE. — As a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments for any such crop of feed grains, except as provided in subsections (f) and (g) and section 504, the producers on a farm must comply with the terms and conditions of the acreage limitation program and, if applicable, a land diversion program as provided in paragraph (5). "(F) ACREAGE LIMITATION PROGRAM FOR 1991 CROP. —In the case of the 1991 crop of com, the Secretary shall provide for an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) as provided in subparagraph (G). "(G) ACREAGE LIMITATION PROGRAMS FOR 1992 THROUGH 1995 CROPS. —In the case of each of the 1992 through 1995 crops of com, if the Secretary estimates for a marketing year for the crop that the ratio of ending stocks of com to total disappearance of corn for the preceding marketing year will be— "(i) more than 25 percent, the Secretary shall provide for an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) under which the acreage plemted to com for harvest on a farm would be limited to the corn crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent; or "(ii) equal to or less than 25 percent, the Secretary may provide for such an acreage limitation program under which the acreage planted to com for harvest on a farm would be limited to the corn crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not more than 0 to 12.5 percent. For the purpose of this subparagraph, the term 'total disappearance' means all corn utilization, including total domestic, total export, and total residual disappearance. "(H) ACREAGE LIMITATION PROGRAM FOR i99i THROUGH 1995 CROPS OF OATS. —In the case of each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of oats, the Secretary shall provide for an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) under which the acreage planted to oats for harvest on a farm would be limited to the oat crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not more than 0 percent. "(2) ACREAGE LIMITATION PROGRAM. —