If farms qualify for more than 30 million acres every award is cut back
What the document says“the Secretary shall apply an across-the-board, pro-rata reduction to the number of eligible acres to ensure the number of allocated base acres under this subsection is equal to 30,000,000 acres.”
The section requires the Secretary, where the total eligible acres allocated across all farms in the United States would exceed 30,000,000, to apply an across the board pro rata reduction so that the total allocated comes to 30,000,000 acres.
What the document actually says“the Secretary shall apply an across-the-board, pro-rata reduction to the number of eligible acres to ensure the number of allocated base acres under this subsection is equal to 30,000,000 acres.”
The Secretary must cut every award by the same share. That brings the total back to 30 million acres.
Pro rata means each farm loses the same fraction. No farm is picked out. The cut happens only if the total runs over.
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