104 STAT. 3416 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 Cooperative agreements. "(B) agrees to forgo receiving pa3anents under subsection (0; "(C) does not plant feed grains for harvest in excess of the crop acreage base reduced by one-half of any acreage required to be diverted from production under subsection (e); and "(D) otherwise complies with this section. "(g) PILOT VOLUNTARY PRODUCTION LIMITATION PROGRAM.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — Effective for the 1992 or 1993 crops (and, if the Secretary so determines, the 1994 and 1995 crops), if a feed grain acreage limitation program or a land diversion program is announced under subsection (d) for such crops, the Secretary shall carry out a pilot program in at least 15 counties in at least 2 States where producers express an interest in participating in the pilot program under which the producers on a farm shall be considered to have met the requirements of such acreage limitation or land diversion program if the producers meet the requirements of the voluntary production limitation program established under this subsection. "(2) LIMITATION ON MARKETING. — In order to comply with the voluntary production limitation program, the producers on a farm must agree not to market, barter, donate, or use on the farm (including use as feed for livestock) in a marketing year a quantity of feed grains in excess of the feed grain production limitation quantity for the farm for the marketing year. "(3) PRODUCTION LIMITATION QUANTITY. —For purposes of this subsection, the production limitation quantity for a farm for a marketing year for a crop shall equal the product obtained by multiplying— "(A) the acreage permitted to be planted to feed grains under the acreage reduction program or land diversion program in effect for the crop for the farm; by " (B) the higher of— "(i) the farm program payment yield for the farm; or "(ii) the average of the jdeld per harvested acre for feed grains for the farm for each of the 5 crop years immediately preceding the crop year during which the producers first participate in the program established under this subsection, excluding the crop years with the highest and lowest jdeld per harvested acre and any crop year in which the commodity was not planted on the farm. "(4) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— Producers on a farm who elect to participate in the program established under this subsection for a crop of feed grains shall— "(A) enter into an agreement with the Secretary providing that the producers shall comply with the program for the crop; "(B) not plant program commodities for harvest in a quantity in excess of the sum of the crop acreage bases for the farm; and "(C) be considered to have complied with the terms and conditions of the feed grain acreage reduction program or land diversion program for the crop, even though the acreage planted to feed grains on the farm exceeds the permitted acreage provided under the acreage reduction or land diversion program.
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