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HomeFood and Agricultural CodeDiv. 21Pt. 2Ch. 2Art. 8§ 59821 Crop Production Adjustment Payments

§ 59821 Crop Production Adjustment Payments

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§ 59821 Crop Production Adjustment Payments

Key Takeaways

  • •Farmers can get paid to remove trees or vines to control how much of a crop is grown.
  • •A special group reviews requests and decides who gets the money fairly.
  • •The money comes from fees all farmers pay or from government help.

Example

A group of grape farmers grows too many grapes, and prices drop.

The group can pay farmers to pull up some grapevines so fewer grapes grow, helping prices go back up. The money comes from fees all grape farmers pay or from the government.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 59821 Crop Production Adjustment Payments

A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to provide for the adjustment of production of any commodity by means of tree or vine pulling. The marketing program committee may receive applications from producers for acreage adjustment payments. The marketing program committee shall, upon proper review and certification, make such acreage adjustment payments on an equitable basis from funds which are collected for that purpose under the marketing program on a uniform basis from all commercial producers of the commodity within the proration zone, or from funds which are received from any federal, state, or other agency for that purpose. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

adjustmentmarketing programcommodityproductioncertificationproration

Related Statutes

  • § 59813 Producer Equalization Fund Rules
  • § 59815 Commodity Supply Market Regulation
  • § 59512 Commodity Production Proration
  • § 59692 Proration Zone Boundary Changes
  • § 59808 Producer Diversion Pool Rules

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 59821.
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