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§ 7284.
Personal liability of producers for deficiencies
(a)
In general
(b)
Limitations
Subsection (a) shall not prevent the Commodity Credit Corporation or the Secretary from requiring a producer to assume liability for—
(1)
a deficiency in the grade, quality, or quantity of a commodity stored on a farm or delivered by the producer;
(2)
a failure to properly care for and preserve a commodity; or
(3)
a failure or refusal to deliver a commodity in accordance with a program established under this chapter 
(c)
Acquisition of collateral
(d)
Sugarcane and sugar beets
(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 164, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 935; Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1607, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 218; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1606, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1017; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1606, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1746; Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1607, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 708.)
cite as: 7 USC 7284