Pub. L. 102-237, tit. I, sec. 103

DOUBLE CROPPING OF 0/92 ACRES.

EnactedYear: 1991Length: 354 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 103. DOUBLE CROPPING OF 0/92 ACRES. (a) Feed Grains.— Section 105B(c)(1)(F) (7 U.S.C. 1444f(c)(1)(F)) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: “(iii) Double cropping.— The Secretary shall permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any portion of the acreage otherwise required to be devoted to conservation uses as a condition of qualifying for payments under subparagraph (E) that is devoted to an industrial, oilseed, or other crop pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) to be subsequently planted during the same crop year to any crop described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of section 504(b)(1). The planting of soybeans as such subsequently planted crop shall be limited to farms determined by the Secretary to have an established history of double cropping soybeans during at least 3 of the105 STAT. 1823 preceding 5 years. In implementing this clause, the Secretary shall require producers to agree to forego eligibility to receive loans under this Act for the crop of the subsequently planted crop that is produced on a farm under this clause.” (b) Wheat.— Section 107B(c)(l)(F) (7 U.S.C. 1445b–3a(c)(l)(F)) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: “(iii) Double cropping.— The Secretary shall permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any portion of the acreage otherwise required to be devoted to conservation uses as a condition of qualifying for payments under subparagraph (E) that is devoted to an industrial, oilseed, or other crop pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) to be subsequently planted during the same crop year to any crop described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of section 50403)(1). The planting of soybeans as such subsequently planted crop shall be limited to farms determined by the Secretary to have an established history of double cropping soybeans during at least 3 of the preceding 5 years. In implementing this clause, the Secretary shall require producers to agree to forego eligibility to receive loans under this Act for the crop of the subsequently planted crop that is produced on a farm under this clause.”.