---
kind: "unit"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
key: "ch106/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/ch106-schI"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter I — Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments

Title 7 — Agriculture › Chapter 106 — Commodity Programs

## Sections

- [§7911. Establishment of base acres and payment acres for a farm](/usc/7/7911.md)
- [§7912. Establishment of payment yield](/usc/7/7912.md)
- [§7913. Availability of direct payments](/usc/7/7913.md)
- [§7914. Availability of counter-cyclical payments](/usc/7/7914.md)
- [§7915. Producer agreement required as condition of provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments](/usc/7/7915.md)
- [§7916. Planting flexibility](/usc/7/7916.md)
- [§7917. Relation to remaining payment authority under production flexibility contracts](/usc/7/7917.md)
- [§7918. Period of effectiveness](/usc/7/7918.md)