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Optional flex acreage: Under the planting flexibility
provision of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as
amended by the FACT Act of 1990, producers could
choose to plant up to 25% of the crop acreage base
to other CCC-specified crops (except fruits and vegetables) without a reduction
in crop acreage bases on the farm, but receive no deficiency payments
on this acreage. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1990 further amended the 1949 Act to make a 15% reduction in
payment acreage mandatory. The remaining 10% was optional
flex acreage. Optional flex acreage was eligible
for deficiency payments when planted to the program crop.
Optional flex acres no longer exist under the FAIR Act of 1996.
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