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signature of the farm's owner is required before a disaster 

 assistance payment may be made for loss of expected peanut 

 production. The owner's signature is necessary because the 

 farm's undermarketings for peanuts are reduced to the extent that 

 disaster assistance payments are made for loss of production of 

 quota peanuts. This impacts the farm's peanut quota in the next 

 year. 



Also, the owner's signature is required because ASCS does not 

 have information with respect to the terms of a producer's rental 

 agreement. If such an agreement were available, the terms may be 

 ambiguous and ASCS should not have to interpret the terms of such 

 an agreement. 



