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PUBLIC LAW 106-78—OCT. 22, 1999 113 STAT. 1179 (2) NEW PRODUCERS.—In the case of producers on a farm that planted acreage to an oilseed during the 1999 crop year but not the 1997 or 1998 crop year, the acreage of the producers for the oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during the 1999 crop year, as reported by the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any acreage reports that are filed late), (d) YIELD.— (1) SOYBEANS.— Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the case of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greatest of— (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with the lowest yield per harvested acre; (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 1997 crop year; or (C) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 1998 crop year. (2) OTHER OILSEEDS.—Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greatest of— (A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each of the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with the lowest yield per harvested acre; (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 1997 crop year; or (C) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 1998 crop year. (3) NEW PRODUCERS.—In the case of producers on a farm that planted acreage to an oilseed during the 1999 crop year but not the 1997 or 1998 crop year, the yield of the producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of— (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 1999 crop. (4) DATA SOURCE.— To the maximum extent available, the Secretary shall use data provided by the National Agricultural Statistics Service to carry out this subsection. SEC. 805. LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY. 7 USC 1421 note. The Secretary shall use $325,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance directly to livestock and dairy producers, in a manner determined appropriate by the Secretary, to compensate the producers for economic losses incurred during 1999. SEC. 806. UPLAND COTTON. 7 USC 1421 note. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 136(a) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(a)) is amended—