Limitation of total base acres on a farm.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) The sum of the following cannot exceed the total cropland acreage on the farm, plus approved double-cropped acreage for the farm: (1) The sum of all base acres established for the farm in accordance with this part; plus (2) Any cropland acreage on the farm enrolled in a CRP contract in accordance with part 1410 of this chapter; plus (3) Any cropland acreage on the farm enrolled in a wetland reserve program contract in accordance with part 1467 of this chapter; plus (4) Any other acreage on the farm enrolled in a Federal conservation program for which payments are made in exchange for not producing an agricultural commodity on the acreage. (b) The Deputy Administrator will give the owner of the farm the opportunity to select the base acres against which any reduction required in this section will be made. Absent the owner selecting the base acres for reduction, FSA will apply a pro-rata reduction against the base acres before computing and issuing any payments for the program year when a reduction becomes necessary. (c) In applying paragraph (a) of this section, FSA will take into account the practice of double cropping on a farm, as determined by FSA. (d) For base acre reductions: (1) Subject to the limitation in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, a permanent reduction of all or a portion of a farm's base acreswill be allowed when all owners of the farm execute and submit a written request for such reduction, on a CCC-approved standard, uniform form designated by CCC, to t

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1412.24