---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 8702"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "8702"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/8702"
units:
  - "Chapter 113 — Agricultural Commodity Support Programs"
---

# §8702. Definitions


In this chapter (other than subchapter III):

- (1) **Average crop revenue election payment—** The term “average crop revenue election payment” means a payment made to [producers](#13-A) on a farm under [section 8715](/usc/7/8715.md)[^1] of this title.
- (2) **Base acres—**
  - (A) **In general—** The term “base acres”, with respect to a [covered commodity](#4) on a farm, means the number of acres established under [section 7911 of this title](/usc/7/7911.md) as in effect on September 30, 2007, subject to any adjustment under [section 8711 of this title](/usc/7/8711.md).
  - (B) **Peanuts—** The term “base acres for peanuts” has the meaning given the term in [section 8751 of this title](/usc/7/8751.md).
- (3) **Counter-cyclical payment—** The term “counter-cyclical payment” means a payment made to [producers](#13-A) on a farm under [section 8714](/usc/7/8714.md)[^1] of this title.
- (4) **Covered commodity—** The term “covered commodity” means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, long grain rice, [medium grain rice](#9), [pulse crops](#14), soybeans, and [other oilseeds](#10).
- (5) **Direct payment—** The term “direct payment” means a payment made to [producers](#13-A) on a farm under [section 8713](/usc/7/8713.md)[^1] of this title.
- (6) **Effective price—** The term “effective price”, with respect to a [covered commodity](#4) for a crop year, means the price calculated by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) under [section 8714](/usc/7/8714.md)[^1] of this title to determine whether [counter-cyclical payments](#3) are required to be made for that crop year.
- (7) **Extra long staple cotton—** The term “extra long staple cotton” means cotton that—
  - (A) is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense species or any hybrid of the species, or other similar types of [extra long staple cotton](#7), designated by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2), having characteristics needed for various end uses for which [United States](#17) upland cotton is not suitable and grown in irrigated cotton-growing regions of the [United States](#17) designated by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) or other areas designated by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) as suitable for the production of the varieties or types; and
  - (B) is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if authorized by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2), ginned on another type gin for experimental purposes.
- (8) **Loan commodity—** The term “loan commodity” means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, [extra long staple cotton](#7), long grain rice, [medium grain rice](#9), soybeans, [other oilseeds](#10), graded wool, nongraded wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.
- (9) **Medium grain rice—** The term “medium grain rice” includes short grain rice.
- (10) **Other oilseed—** The term “other oilseed” means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2).
- (11) **Payment acres—** The term “payment acres” means, in the case of [direct payments](#5) and [counter-cyclical payments](#3)—
  - (A) except as provided in [subparagraph (B)](#11-B), 85 percent of the [base acres](#2-A) of a [covered commodity](#4) on a farm on which [direct payments](#5) or [counter-cyclical payments](#3) are made; and
  - (B) in the case of [direct payments](#5) for each of the 2009 through 2011 crop years, 83.3 percent of the [base acres](#2-A) for the [covered commodity](#4) on a farm on which [direct payments](#5) are made.
- (12) **Payment yield—** The term “payment yield” means the yield established for [direct payments](#5) and the yield established for [counter-cyclical payments](#3) under [section 7912 of this title](/usc/7/7912.md) as in effect on September 30, 2007, or under [section 8712 of this title](/usc/7/8712.md), for a farm for a [covered commodity](#4).
- (13) **Producer—**
  - (A) **In general—** The term “producer” means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.
  - (B) **Hybrid seed—** In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a [producer](#13-A), the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) shall—
    - (i) not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and
    - (ii) ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this chapter.
- (14) **Pulse crop—** The term “pulse crop” means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.
- (15) **State—** The term “State” means—
  - (A) a [State](#15);
  - (B) the District of Columbia;
  - (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
  - (D) any other territory or possession of the [United States](#17).
- (16) **Target price—** The term “target price” means the price per bushel, pound, or hundredweight (or other appropriate unit) of a [covered commodity](#4) used to determine the payment rate for [counter-cyclical payments](#3).
- (17) **United States—** The term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the [States](#15).
- (18) **United States Premium Factor—** The term “United States Premium Factor” means the percentage by which the difference in the [United States](#17) loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling (SM) 1⅛-inch upland cotton and for Middling (M) 1<sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>32</sub>-inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the applicable premiums for comparable international qualities.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1001, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1001, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 110–246, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

Section 8715 of this title, referred to in par. (1), was repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1103(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 658.

Section 8714 of this title, referred to in pars. (3) and (6), was repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1102(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 658.

Section 8713 of this title, referred to in par. (5), was repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1101, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 658.

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.