PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985
99 STAT. 1393
the announcement by the Secretary of the wheat acreage limitation program for that crop under which the Secretary shall make crop retirement and conservation pa3anents to any such producer of the 1986 crop of wheat who— (I) reduces the acreage on the farm planted to wheat for harvest so that it does not exceed the wheat crop acreage base for the farm less an amount equivalent to 10 percent of the
- wheat crop acreage base (in addition to any reduction required
" under paragraph (2)); and "(11) devotes to approved conservation uses an acreage of Conservation. cropland equivalent to the reduction required from the wheat crop acreage base under this paragraph. "(ii) Pa3mients under clause (i) shall be made in an amount computed by multiplying— "(I) the diversion payment rate; by "(II) the acreage diverted under this paragraph; by ^,. "(Ill) the farm program payment yield for the crop. '•'"'•' "(iii) The diversion payment rate shall be $2.00 per bushel. "(6)(A) Any reduced acreage, set-aside acreage, and additional diverted acreage may be devoted to wildlife food plots or wildlife habitat in conformity with standards established by the Secretary in consultation with wildlife agencies. "(B) The Secretary may pay an appropriate share of the cost of practices designed to carry out the purposes of subparagraph (A). "(C) The Secretary may also pay an appropriate share of the cost Conservation. of approved soil and water conservation practices (including practices that may be effective for a number of years) established by the producer on reduced acreage, set-aside acreage, or additional diverted acreage. "(D) The Secretary may provide for an additional payment on Regulations. such acreage in an amount determined by the Secretary to be appropriate in relation to the benefit to the general public if the producer agrees to permit, without other compensation, access to all or such portion of the farm, as the Secretary may prescribe, by the general public, for hunting, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable State and Federal regulations. "(7)(A) An operator of a farm desiring to participate in the program conducted under this subsection shall execute an agreement with the Secretary providing for such participation not later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. "(B) The Secretary may, by mutual agreement with producers on a farm, terminate or modify any such agreement if the Secretary determines such action necessary because of an emergency created by drought or other disaster or to prevent or alleviate a shortage in the supply of agricultural commodities. "(8) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, in carrying out the program conducted under this subsection, the Secretary may prescribe production targets for participating farms expressed in bushels of production so that all participating farms achieve the same pro rata reduction in production as prescribed by the national production targets. "(g)(l) The Secretary may, for each of the 1986 through 1990 crops of wheat, make payments available to producers who meet the requirements of this subsection. "(2) Such payments shall be— "(A) made in the form of wheat owned by the Commodity Credit ([k>rporation; and ,,^^ v
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