The new acres are split among crops by planting history and capped at the farm's size
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 10302, Sec. 10302.
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The new acres are split among crops by planting history and capped at the farm's size
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 10302 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary shall allocate the number of base acres under paragraph (4) among those covered commodities planted on the farm at any time during the 2019 through 2023 crop years.”
The section splits the new acres among the covered commodities planted on the farm at any time in the 2019 through 2023 crop years, in proportion to each crop's five-year average of planted and prevented planted acreage against the farm's overall five-year average. The Secretary may not drop a crop year in which a covered commodity was not planted. Where acreage was devoted to another covered commodity in the same crop year, other than under an established double cropping practice, the owner may elect which crop counts but may not count both. The allocation may not leave a farm with more base acres than it has acres.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary shall allocate the number of base acres under paragraph (4) among those covered commodities planted on the farm at any time during the 2019 through 2023 crop years.”
That sentence, in plain words
The new acres are split among the crops on the farm. Only crops grown from 2019 to 2023 count.
What this is about
Each crop's share follows how much of it was planted. A year with no planting still counts as a year. A farm may never hold more base acres than acres.
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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 10302, 139 Stat. 86 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
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“The new acres are split among crops by planting history and capped at the farm's size,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 10302, Sec. 10302. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec10302-allocation-formula/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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