---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 8718"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "8718"
heading: "Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/8718"
units:
  - "Chapter 113 — Agricultural Commodity Support Programs"
  - "Subchapter I — Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments"
---

# §8718. Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice

- (a) **Calculation method—** Subject to subsections [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c), for the purposes of determining the amount of the [counter-cyclical payments](/usc/7/8702.md?p=3) to be paid to the [producers](/usc/7/8702.md?p=13-A) on a farm for long grain rice and [medium grain rice](/usc/7/8702.md?p=9) under [section 8714](/usc/7/8714.md)[^1] of this title, the [base acres](/usc/7/8702.md?p=2-A) of rice on the farm shall be apportioned using the 4-year average of the percentages of acreage planted in the applicable [State](/usc/7/8702.md?p=15) to long grain rice and [medium grain rice](/usc/7/8702.md?p=9) during the 2003 through 2006 crop years, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2).
- (b) **Producer election—** As an alternative to the calculation method described in [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) shall provide [producers](/usc/7/8702.md?p=13-A) on a farm the opportunity to elect to apportion rice [base acres](/usc/7/8702.md?p=2-A) on the farm using the 4-year average of—
  - (1) the percentages of acreage planted on the farm to long grain rice and [medium grain rice](/usc/7/8702.md?p=9) during the 2003 through 2006 crop years;
  - (2) the percentages of any acreage on the farm that the [producers](/usc/7/8702.md?p=13-A) were prevented from planting to long grain rice and [medium grain rice](/usc/7/8702.md?p=9) during the 2003 through 2006 crop years because of drought, flood, other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the [producers](/usc/7/8702.md?p=13-A), as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2); and
  - (3) in the case of a crop year for which a [producer](/usc/7/8702.md?p=13-A) on a farm elected not to plant to long grain and [medium grain rice](/usc/7/8702.md?p=9) during the 2003 through 2006 crop years, the percentages of acreage planted in the applicable [State](/usc/7/8702.md?p=15) to long grain rice and [medium grain rice](/usc/7/8702.md?p=9), as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2).
- (c) **Limitation—** In carrying out this section, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) shall use the same total [base acres](/usc/7/8702.md?p=2-A), [payment acres](/usc/7/8702.md?p=11), and [payment yields](/usc/7/8702.md?p=12) established with respect to rice under sections [7911](/usc/7/7911.md) and [7912](/usc/7/7912.md) of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2007, subject to any adjustment under [section 8711 of this title](/usc/7/8711.md).

## Footnotes

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

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1108, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 952; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1108, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1681.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 8714 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1102(a), 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.