that national average yield information for 
a designated oilseed or pulse crop is not 
available, the Secretary shall use such in-
formation as the Secretary determines to 
be fair and equitable to establish a na-
tional average yield under this section. 
(C) USE
OF
PARTIAL
COUNTY
AVERAGE 
YIELD.—If the yield per planted acre for a crop 
of a designated oilseed or pulse crop for a farm 
for any of the 1998 through 2001 crop years 
was less than 75 percent of the county yield for 
that designated oilseed or pulse crop, the Sec-
retary shall assign a yield for that crop year 
equal to 75 percent of the county yield for the 
purpose of determining the average under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(D) NO
HISTORIC
YIELD
DATA
AVAIL-
ABLE.—In the case of establishing yields for 
designated oilseeds and eligible pulse crops, if 
historic yield data is not available, the Sec-
retary shall use the ratio for dry peas calculated 
under subparagraph (B)(i)(II) in determining 
the yields for designated oilseeds and eligible 
pulse crops, as determined to be fair and equi-
table by the Secretary. 
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(b) RICE.— 
(1) ADJUSTMENT.—For the purpose of making 
adverse market payments under this subtitle, the 
Secretary shall give a producer on a farm a 1-time 
opportunity to adjust the payment yield for base 
acres of rice on the farm that was established under 
section 1102 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7912). 
(2) ELECTION.— 
(A) NOTICE.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall provide notice of the election described in 
paragraph (1) to producers on farms with rice 
base acres, including— 
(i) the manner in which the election is 
to be transmitted to the Secretary; 
(ii) a deadline for transmission; and 
(iii) notification that the election is a 
1-time opportunity. 
(B) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO MAKE ELEC-
TION.—If the producer on a farm fails to notify 
the Secretary of an election by the deadline de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), the producer shall 
be considered to have not elected to update the 
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payment yields for base acres of rice on the 
farm. 
(3) CALCULATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the producer on a 
farm makes the election described in paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall adjust the payment 
yields for the base acres of rice using an aver-
age yield described in subparagraph (B) and 
adjustment described in subparagraph (C). 
(B) 
DETERMINATION
OF
AVERAGE 
YIELD.—Subject to subparagraph (D), the Sec-
retary shall determine the average yield per 
planted acre for the rice on the farm for the 
2009 through 2012 crop years, excluding any 
crop year in which the acreage planted to rice 
was zero. 
(C) DETERMINATION OF ADJUSTMENT.— 
The Secretary shall adjust the payment yield 
for the base acres of rice on the farm that was 
established under section 1102 of the Farm Se-
curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 7912) in accordance with the following: 
(i) In a case in which less than 50 
percent of the rice base acres on the farm 
were planted to rice, on average, during 
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the 2009 through 2012 crop years, the ad-
justment shall be equal to the sum ob-
tained by adding to the payment yield— 
(I) the product obtained by mul-
tiplying— 
(aa) the difference between 
the average yield and the pay-
ment yield; by 
(bb) the percent of rice 
planted on the base acres of rice 
on the farm, on average. 
(ii) In a case in which more than 50 
percent of the rice base acres on the farm 
were planted to rice, on average, during 
the 2009 through 2012 crop years, the 
payment yield shall be equal to the product 
obtained by multiplying— 
(I) the average yield; by 
(II) 90 percent. 
(D) USE OF PARTIAL COUNTY AVERAGE 
YIELD.—If the yield per planted acre for a crop 
of rice for a farm for any of the 2009 through 
2012 crop years was less than 75 percent of the 
county yield for that rice crop, the Secretary 
shall assign a yield for that crop year equal to 
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75 percent of the county yield for purposes of 
determining the average under subparagraph 
(B). 
(c) PEANUTS.— 
(1) ADJUSTMENT.—If the producer on a farm 
elects to adjust the peanut base acres for the farm 
pursuant to section 1105, the Secretary shall adjust 
the payment yields for the base acres of peanuts for 
purposes of making adverse market payments. 
(2) CALCULATION.—Notwithstanding the pay-
ment yields established under section 1102 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 7912), the payment yield for the base acres 
of peanuts adjusted pursuant to section 1105 shall 
be the average yield per planted acre for such base 
acres for the 2009 through 2012 crop years, exclud-
ing any crop year in which the acreage planted to 
peanuts was zero. 
(3) 
USE
OF
PARTIAL
COUNTY
AVERAGE 
YIELD.—If the yield per planted acre for a crop of 
peanuts for a farm for any of the 2009 through 
2012 crop years was less than 75 percent of the 
county yield for that peanut crop, the Secretary 
shall assign a yield for that crop year equal to 75 
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