payment acres
Defined in 4 places of the United States Code.
The term “payment acres” means 85 percent of the base acres of a covered commodity on a farm, as established under section 7911 of this title, on which direct payments and counter-cyclical payments are made.
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- 2002–present7 U.S.C. § 7901Agriculture · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “payment acres” means—
(A) for the 2002 crop of peanuts, 85 percent of the average acreage determined under section 7952(a)(2) of this title for an historic peanut producer; and
(B) for the 2003 through 2007 crops of peanuts, 85 percent of the base acres for peanuts assigned to a farm under section 7952(b) of this title.
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- 2002–present7 U.S.C. § 7951Agriculture · Definitions · in this subchapter
The term “payment acres” means, in the case of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments—
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), 85 percent of the base acres of a covered commodity on a farm on which direct payments or counter-cyclical payments are made; and
(B) in the case of direct payments for each of the 2009 through 2011 crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres for the covered commodity on a farm on which direct payments are made.
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- 2008–present7 U.S.C. § 8702Agriculture · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “payment acres” means, in the case of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments—
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), 85 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which direct payments or counter-cyclical payments are made; and
(B) in the case of direct payments for each of the 2009 through 2011 crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres for peanuts on a farm on which direct payments are made.
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- 2008–present7 U.S.C. § 8751Agriculture · Definitions · in this subchapter