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Set-aside program: A program (not used
since the late 1970s) under which farmers are required to set aside a certain
percentage of their total planted acreage and devote this land to approved
conservation uses (such as grasses, legumes, and small grain which is not
allowed to mature) in order to be eligible for nonrecourse loans and deficiency
payments. Set-aside acreage was based on the number of acres a farmer actually
plants in the program year as opposed to being based on prior crop years. The
authority for set-aside was eliminated by the FAIR Act of 1996.
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