Grains and Similarly Handled Commodities-Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for the 2006 Through 2007 Crop Years; Cotton

摘要

This rule amends regulations governing the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) Program of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). These amendments affect regulations governing: (1) Beneficial interest with respect to eligible commodities delivered to facilities other than licensed warehouses, such as feedlots, ethanol plants, wool pools, and other facilities determined by CCC to be the end user of the commodity; (2) the announcement of the adjusted world price (AWP) for rice; (3) CCC lien searches and the fees necessary to record and file liens on marketing assistance loans; (4) the liability of a producer who improperly disposes of pledged loan collateral for a CCC farm-stored loan; (5) producers' responsibilities for requesting loan deficiency payments; and (6) general eligibility requirements for cotton pledged as collateral for a marketing assistance loan.