an Entity references as follows:
In the United States, deficiency payments are direct government payments made to farmers who participated in annual commodity programs for wheat, feed grains, rice, or cotton, prior to 1996. * The crop-specific deficiency payment rate was based on the difference between the legislatively set target price and the lower national average market price during a specified time. * The total payment was equal to the payment rate multiplied by a farm's eligible payment acreage and the program payment yield established for the particular farm.