ple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having 
characteristics needed for various end uses for 
which United States upland cotton is not suit-
able and grown in irrigated cotton-growing re-
gions of the United States designated by the 
Secretary or other areas designated by the Sec-
retary as suitable for the production of the vari-
eties or types; and 
(B) is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if au-
thorized by the Secretary, ginned on another 
type gin for experimental purposes. 
(11) INDIVIDUAL COVERAGE.—For purposes of 
agriculture risk coverage under section 1108, the 
term ‘‘individual coverage’’ means coverage deter-
mined using the total quantity of all acreage in a 
county of the covered commodity that is planted or 
prevented from being planted for harvest by a pro-
ducer with the yield determined by the average indi-
vidual yield of the producer described in subsection 
(c) of that section. 
(12) MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.—The term ‘‘medium 
grain rice’’ includes short grain rice. 
(13) OTHER OILSEED.—The term ‘‘other oil-
seed’’ means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, 
canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, 
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sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by the Sec-
retary. 
(14) PAYMENT
ACRES.—The term ‘‘payment 
acres’’ means, in the case of adverse market pay-
ments, 85 percent of the base acres for a covered 
commodity on a farm on which adverse market pay-
ments are made. 
(15) PAYMENT
YIELD.—The term ‘‘payment 
yield’’ means the yield established for adverse mar-
ket payments under section 1102 or 1302 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 7912, 7952) as in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, or under section 1106 of this Act, 
for a farm for a covered commodity. 
(16) PRODUCER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘producer’’ 
means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or 
sharecropper that shares in the risk of pro-
ducing 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, 
the Secretary shall— 
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(i) not take into consideration the ex-
istence 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 
title. 
(17) PULSE
CROP.—The term ‘‘pulse crop’’ 
means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large 
chickpeas. 
(18) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
and 
(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(19) REFERENCE PRICE.—The term ‘‘reference 
price’’ means the price per bushel, pound, or hun-
dredweight (or other appropriate unit) of a covered 
commodity used to determine the payment rate for 
adverse market payments. 
(20) TRANSITIONAL YIELD.—The term ‘‘transi-
tional yield’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1502(b)). 
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