American Agricultural Defense Act of 1985

American Agricultural Defense Act of 1985 - Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set wheat loan and purchase levels for: (1) 1986, at $4.86 per bushel; and (2) 1987 through 1989, at $4.86 per bushel adjusted by a consumer price indexed-increase, if any.

Authorizes prevented planting and reduced yield disaster payments.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) proclaim (by August 15 of each year) a national program acreage for each of the 1986 through 1989 wheat crops; and (2) determine a program allocation factor for each wheat crop.

Authorizes acreage limitation or set-aside programs. Directs the Secretary to announce any such program by August 15 prior to the calendar year in which the crop is harvested. Penalizes farmers who knowingly overproduce. Requires set-aside acres to be used for conservation purposes in order to qualify for price supports.

Suspends specified quota and certificate provisions.

Title II: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set corn loan and purchase levels for: (1) 1986, at $3.03 per bushel; and (2) 1987 through 1989, at $3.03 per bushel adjusted by a consumer price indexed-increase, if any. Bases loan and purchase levels for grain sorghums, barley, oats, and rye on corn levels.

Sets forth provisions similar to title I of this Act regarding disaster payments, acreage limitations, and set-asides.

Title III: Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set upland cotton loan levels for: (1) 1986, at 81 cents per pound; and (2) 1987 through 1989, at 81 cents per pound adjusted by a consumer price indexed-increase, if any.

Authorizes eight-month loan extensions.

Directs the President to proclaim a special limited global import quota for upland cotton whenever spot market average prices exceed 130 percent of the previous 36 months' average price.

Authorizes prevented planting and reduced yield disaster payments.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) proclaim (by November 1 of each year) a national program acreage for each of the 1986 through 1989 upland cotton crops; and (2) determine a program allocation factor for each wheat crop.

Authorizes acreage limitations based on uniform percentage reductions for each farm. Penalizes farmers who knowingly overproduce.

Authorizes land diversion payments whether or not an acreage limitation is in effect if necessary to adjust the total national upland cotton acreage. Requires such land to be used for conservation purposes, including wildlife habitats.

Directs the Secretary to make loans available for seed cotton.

Suspends specified acreage allotment and marketing quota provisions.

Extends specified skiprow practices through 1989.

States that 1977 upland cotton farm base acreage allotments, adjusted for 1977 underplantings and reconstituted as provided for under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, shall be the preliminary 1990 allotments.

Title IV: Rice - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set rice loan and purchase levels for: (1) 1986, at $11.90 per hundredweight; and (2) 1987 through 1989, at $11.90 per hundredweight adjusted by a consumer price-indexed increase, if any.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) proclaim (by January 31 of each year) a national program acreage for each of the 1986 through 1989 rice crops; and (2) determine a program allocation factor for each rice crop.

Authorizes acreage limitations based on uniform percentage reductions for each farm. Penalizes farmers who knowingly overproduce. Directs the Secretary to announce any such program by January 31 of the calendar year for such harvest.

Authorizes land diversion payments whether or not an acreage limitation is in effect if necessary to adjust the total national rice acreage. Requires such land to be used for conservation purposes, including wildlife habitats.

Title V: Soybeans - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set 1986 through 1989 soybean price supports at 75 percent of the average price for each of the preceding five years, with a minimum price of $6.25 per bushel.

Title VI: Loan and Purchase Limitation - Sets the aggregate individual loan and purchase limitation at $500,000.

Title VII: Conservation Provisions - Makes any person who cultivates crops on highly erodible land ineligible (regarding such crops) for price supports and other agricultural loans and benefits.

Directs the Secretary to establish a conservation reserve program to convert cropland and highly erodible land to less intensive use.