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damaging weather or related condition, the total
quantity of such crop of the commodity that such
producers are able to harvest on the farm is less
than the result of multiplying 60 percent (or in the
case of producers who obtained crop insurance for
such crop, 65 percent) of the county average yield
established by the Secretary for such crop by the
sum of acreage planted for harvest and the acreage
for which prevented planted credit is approved by
the Secretary for such crop under subsection (b), the
Secretary shall make a disaster payment available to
such producers.
‘‘(2) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment shall be
made to the producers at a rate equal to 65 percent
of the basic county loan rate (or a comparable price
if there is no current basic county loan rate) for the
crop, as determined by the Secretary, for any defi-
ciency in production greater than 40 percent for the
crop (or in the case of producers who obtained crop
insurance, 35 percent).
‘‘(b) PREVENTED PLANTING CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
prevented planting credit under subsection (a) with
respect to acreage for a crop year that producers on
a farm were prevented from planting to such crop of
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the commodity for harvest because of damaging
weather or related condition, as determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—Such acreage may
not exceed the greater of—
‘‘(A) a quantity equal to the acreage on
the farm planted (or prevented from being
planted due to a natural disaster or other con-
dition beyond the control of the producers) to
the commodity for harvest in the immediately
preceding crop year minus acreage actually
planted to the commodity for harvest in the
crop year involved;
‘‘(B) a quantity equal to the average of the
acreage on the farm planted (or prevented from
being planted due to a natural disaster or other
condition beyond the control of the producers)
to the commodity for harvest in the three im-
mediately preceding crop years minus acreage
actually planted to the commodity for harvest in
the crop year involved; or
‘‘(C) with respect to flexible acres as pro-
vided under section 2241(a)(2) for which no
such planting history is established, a quantity
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of acreage determined to be fair and reasonable
by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) 
ADJUSTMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall
make appropriate adjustments in applying the limi-
tations contained in paragraph (2) to take into ac-
count crop rotation practices of the producers.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) ACREAGE
LIMITATION
PROGRAM.—The
amount of payments made available to producers on
a farm who elect not to participate in the production
adjustment program for a crop of a commodity
under subsection (a) shall be reduced by a factor
equivalent to the acreage limitation program per-
centage established for such crop under the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949.
‘‘(2) CROP
INSURANCE.—Payments provided
under subsection (a) for a crop of a commodity may
not be made available to the producers on a farm
unless such producers enter into an agreement to
obtain multiperil crop insurance to the extent re-
quired under section 2247.
‘‘SEC. 2243. PEANUTS, SUGAR, AND TOBACCO.
‘‘(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective for a crop year
only for crops of peanuts, sugar beets, sugarcane,