To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance the ability of oilseed producers to use oilseed base acres for the production of fruits and vegetables.

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance the ability of oilseed producers to use oilseed base acres for the production of fruits and vegetables.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Farming Flexibility Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. PRODUCTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR PROCESSING ON OILSEED BASE ACRES.

(a) EFFECT ON OILSEED BASE ACRES CALCULATION- Section 1101 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(i) CALCULATION OF OILSEED BASE ACRES- Effective on the date of the enactment of this subsection, the planting, prevented planting, or production of fruits or vegetables for processing shall be deemed to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of oilseeds for purposes of the calculation of oilseed base acres.'.

(b) PLANTING FLEXIBILITY- Section 1106 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7916) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(e) PRODUCTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR PROCESSING- Effective on the date of the enactment of this subsection, a fruit or vegetable for processing may be produced on oilseed base acres, except that direct payments and counter-cyclical payments for oilseeds shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to the fruit or vegetable.'.