7 USC 1359 - Provisions applicable to producers

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§ 1359ff. Provisions applicable to producers

(a) Processor assurances

(1) In general

(2) Arbitration

(A) In general

(B) Period

The arbitration shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be—

(i) commenced not more than 45 days after the request; and

(ii) completed not more than 60 days after the request.

(b) Sugar beet processing facility closures

(1) In general

(2) Increased allocation for processing company

(3) Decreased allocation for closed company

(4) Timing

(1) Definition of seed

(A) In general

(B) Exclusion

(2) In general

(A) States affected

(B) Determination

(3) Establishment of proportionate shares

(4) Method of determining

For purposes of determining proportionate shares for any crop of sugarcane:

(A) The Secretary shall establish the State’s per-acre yield goal for a crop of sugarcane at a level (not less than the average per-acre yield in the State for the 2 highest years from among the 1999, 2000, and 2001 crop years, as determined by the Secretary) that will ensure an adequate net return per pound to producers in the State, taking into consideration any available production research data that the Secretary considers relevant.

(B) The Secretary shall adjust the per-acre yield goal by the average recovery rate of sugar produced from sugarcane by processors in the State.

(C) The Secretary shall convert the State allotment for the crop year involved into a State acreage allotment for the crop by dividing the State allotment by the per-acre yield goal for the State, as established under subparagraph (A) and as further adjusted under subparagraph (B).

(D) The Secretary shall establish a uniform reduction percentage for the crop by dividing the State acreage allotment, as determined for the crop under subparagraph (C), by the sum of all adjusted acreage bases in the State, as determined by the Secretary.

(E) The uniform reduction percentage for the crop, as determined under subparagraph (D), shall be applied to the acreage base for each sugarcane-producing farm in the State to determine the farm’s proportionate share of sugarcane acreage that may be harvested for sugar or seed.

(5) Acreage base

For purposes of this subsection, the acreage base for each sugarcane-producing farm shall be determined by the Secretary, as follows:

(A) The acreage base for any farm shall be the number of acres that is equal to the average of the acreage planted and considered planted for harvest for sugar or seed on the farm in the 2 highest of the 1999, 2000, and 2001 crop years.

(B) Acreage planted to sugarcane that producers on a farm were unable to harvest to sugarcane for sugar or seed because of drought, flood, other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers may be considered as harvested for the production of sugar or seed for purposes of this paragraph.

(6) Violation

(A) In general

(B) Determination of violation

(7) Waiver

(8) Adjustments

(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 359f, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1403, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 198; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1403(f), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 986; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1403(f), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1714; Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1609(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 709.)