CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XIV—COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 1400 to 1499) > SUBCHAPTER B—LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS (parts 1410 to 1499) > PART 1412—DIRECT AND COUNTER-CYCLICAL PROGRAM AND AVERAGE CROP REVENUE ELECTION PROGRAM FOR THE 2008 AND SUBSEQUENT CROP YEARS > SUBPART C—Establishment of Yields for Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payments (§1412.31 to §1412.35) > 1412.34—Submitting production evidence for establishing direct payment yields for oilseeds and pulse crops.

1412.34—Submitting production evidence for establishing direct payment yields for oilseeds and pulse crops.

(a) (1) Reports of production evidence must be submitted when the owner elects to establish a direct payment yield for designated oilseeds for which a yield was not established by September 30, 2007, and pulse crops for the farm in accordance with § 1412.32.
(2) Producer or third-party certification will not be accepted as proof of production evidence.
(3) Reports of production evidence for designated oilseeds for which a yield was not established by September 30, 2007, and for pulse crops must be provided to the county committee of the county where the farm is administratively located, by farm and crop in such manner as required by CCC on a CCC-approved standard, uniform form designated by CCC.
(b) (1) When disposition of production has been through commercial channels, CCC may require the producer to furnish documentary evidence in order to verify the information provided on the report of production. Acceptable evidence may include, but is not limited to, such items as:
(i) Production approved by the county committee for Loan Deficiency Payments;
(ii) Commercial receipts;
(iii) Settlement sheets;
(iv) Warehouse ledger sheets;
(v) Elevator receipts or load summaries, supported by other evidence showing disposition, such as sales documents;
(vi) Evidence from harvested or appraised acreage, approved for FCIC or multi-peril crop insurance loss adjustment settlement; or
(vii) Other production evidence determined acceptable by the Deputy Administrator.
(2) Such production evidence must show:
(i) The producer's name,
(ii) The commodity,
(iii) The buyer or name of storage facility,
(iv) The date of transaction or delivery, and
(v) The quantity.
(c) When production of a designated oilseed for which a yield was not established by September 30, 2007, and pulse crops has been disposed of through non-commercial channels, then 75 percent of the county average yield as determined in accordance with § 1412.32(b)(4) will be used.
(d) CCC may verify the production evidence submitted with records on file at the warehouse, gin, or other entity which received or may have received the reported production.