1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Conservation Assistance Loan Act of 2018 . 2. Availability of nonrecourse conservation assistance loans for loan commodities (a) Nonrecourse loans available (1) In general For each of the 2018 through 2022 crops of each loan commodity, the Secretary shall make available to qualified producers on a farm nonrecourse conservation assistance loans for loan commodities produced on the farm. (2) Qualified producer In this section, the term qualified producer means a producer eligible for a nonrecourse marketing loan under section 1201 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9031 ) that agrees to not apply for such loan for each of the 2018 through 2022 crops described in paragraph (1). (b) Eligible production The producers on a farm shall be eligible for a conservation assistance loan under subsection (a) for any quantity of a loan commodity produced on the farm. (c) Loan rates for nonrecourse conservation assistance loans (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), for purposes of each of the 2018 through 2022 crop years, the loan rate for a conservation assistance loan under this section for a loan commodity shall be— (A) for beginning farmers and ranchers (as determined by the Secretary), 75 percent of the national average price received by producers during the 12-month marketing year for the loan commodity for the most recent 5 crop years, excluding— (i) the crop year with the highest price; and (ii) the crop year with the lowest price; and (B) for producers not described in paragraph (1), 60 percent of the national average price received by producers during the 12-month marketing year for the loan commodity for the most recent 5 crop years, excluding— (i) the crop year with the highest price