means corn or grain sorghum having a moisture con-
tent in excess of Commodity Credit Corporation 
standards for marketing assistance loans made by 
the Secretary under section 1201. 
(2) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE.—For each of 
the 2014 through 2018 crops of corn and grain sor-
ghum, the Secretary shall make available recourse 
loans, as determined by the Secretary, to producers 
on a farm that— 
(A) normally harvest all or a portion of 
their crop of corn or grain sorghum in a high 
moisture state; 
(B) present— 
(i) certified scale tickets from an in-
spected, certified commercial scale, includ-
ing a licensed warehouse, feedlot, feed mill, 
distillery, or other similar entity approved 
by the Secretary, pursuant to regulations 
issued by the Secretary; or 
(ii) field or other physical measure-
ments of the standing or stored crop in re-
gions of the United States, as determined 
by the Secretary, that do not have certified 
commercial scales from which certified 
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scale tickets may be obtained within rea-
sonable proximity of harvest operation; 
(C) certify that the producers on the farm 
were the owners of the feed grain at the time 
of delivery to, and that the quantity to be 
placed under loan under this subsection was in 
fact harvested on the farm and delivered to, a 
feedlot, feed mill, or commercial or on-farm 
high-moisture storage facility, or to a facility 
maintained by the users of corn and grain sor-
ghum in a high moisture state; and 
(D) comply with deadlines established by 
the Secretary for harvesting the corn or grain 
sorghum and submit applications for loans 
under this subsection within deadlines estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY OF ACQUIRED FEED GRAINS.— 
A loan under this subsection shall be made on a 
quantity of corn or grain sorghum of the same crop 
acquired by the producer equivalent to a quantity 
determined by multiplying— 
(A) the acreage of the corn or grain sor-
ghum in a high moisture state harvested on the 
farm of the producer; by 
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(B) the lower of the actual average yield 
used to make payments under subtitle A or the 
actual yield on a field, as determined by the 
Secretary, that is similar to the field from 
which the corn or grain sorghum was obtained. 
(b) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE FOR SEED COT-
TON.—For each of the 2014 through 2018 crops of upland 
cotton and extra long staple cotton, the Secretary shall 
make available recourse seed cotton loans, as determined 
by the Secretary, on any production. 
(c) REPAYMENT RATES.—Repayment of a recourse 
loan made under this section shall be at the loan rate es-
tablished for the commodity by the Secretary, plus interest 
(determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal 
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 7283)). 
SEC. 1210. ADJUSTMENTS OF LOANS. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.—Subject to sub-
section (e), the Secretary may make appropriate adjust-
ments in the loan rates for any loan commodity (other 
than cotton) for differences in grade, type, quality, loca-
tion, and other factors. 
(b) MANNER
OF ADJUSTMENT.—The adjustments 
under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be made in such a manner that the average loan 
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level for the commodity will, on the basis of the anticipated 
incidence of the factors, be equal to the level of support 
determined in accordance with this subtitle and subtitles 
C through E. 
(c) ADJUSTMENT ON COUNTY BASIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish 
loan rates for a crop for producers in individual 
counties in a manner that results in the lowest loan 
rate being 95 percent of the national average loan 
rate, if those loan rates do not result in an increase 
in outlays. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—Adjustments under this 
subsection shall not result in an increase in the na-
tional average loan rate for any year. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT IN LOAN RATE FOR COTTON.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
appropriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton 
for differences in quality factors. 
(2) REVISIONS TO QUALITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR 
UPLAND COTTON.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall implement revisions in the 
administration of the marketing assistance loan 
program for upland cotton to more accurately 
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