In any case in which, during any year beginning with 1956, the acreage planted to a commodity on any farm is less than the acreage allotment for such farm, the entire acreage allotment for such farm (excluding any allotment released from the farm or reapportioned to the farm and any allotment provided for the farm pursuant to subsection (f)(7)(A) of [section 1344 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1344&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall, except as provided herein, be considered for the purpose of establishing future State, county and farm acreage allotments, to have been planted to such commodity in such year on such farm, but the 1956 acreage allotment of any commodity shall be regarded as planted under this section only if the owner or operator on such farm notified the county committee prior to the sixtieth day preceding the beginning of the marketing year for such commodity of his desire to preserve such allotment: Provided, That beginning with the 1960 crop, except for federally owned land, the current farm acreage allotment established for a commodity shall not be preserved as history acreage pursuant to the provisions of this section unless for the current year or either of the two preceding years an acreage equal to 75 per centum or more of the farm acreage allotment for such year or, in the case of upland cotton on a farm which qualified for price support on the crop produced in any such year under [section 1444(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1444/b&num=0&edition=prelim), 75 per centum of the farm domestic allotment established under [section 1350 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1350&num=0&editi
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In any case in which, during any year beginning with 1956, the acreage planted to a commodity on any farm is less than the acreage allotment for such farm, the entire acreage allotment for such farm (excluding any allotment released from the farm or reapportioned to the farm and any allotment provided for the farm pursuant to subsection (f)(7)(A) of [section 1344 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1344&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall, except as provided herein, be considered for the purpose of establishing future State, county and farm acreage allotments, to have been planted to such commodity in such year on such farm, but the 1956 acreage allotment of any commodity shall be regarded as planted under this section only if the owner or operator on such farm notified the county committee prior to the sixtieth day preceding the beginning of the marketing year for such commodity of his desire to preserve such allotment: Provided, That beginning with the 1960 crop, except for federally owned land, the current farm acreage allotment established for a commodity shall not be preserved as history acreage pursuant to the provisions of this section unless for the current year or either of the two preceding years an acreage equal to 75 per centum or more of the farm acreage allotment for such year or, in the case of upland cotton on a farm which qualified for price support on the crop produced in any such year under [section 1444(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1444/b&num=0&edition=prelim), 75 per centum of the farm domestic allotment established under [section 1350 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1350&num=0&edition=prelim) for any such year, whichever is smaller was actually planted or devoted to the commodity on the farm (or was regarded as planted under provisions of the Soil Bank Act or the environmental quality incentives program established under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 [[16 U.S.C. 3839aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3839aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]): Provided further, That this section shall not be applicable in any case, within the period 1956 to 1959, in which the amount of the commodity required to be stored to postpone or avoid payment of penalty has been reduced because the allotment was not fully planted. Acreage history credits for released or reapportioned acreage shall be governed by the applicable provisions of this subchapter pertaining to the release and reapportionment of acreage allotments.
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The purposes of the environmental quality incentives program established by this subpart are to promote agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality as compatible goals, and to optimize environmental benefits, by—
(1) assisting producers in complying with local, State, and national regulatory requirements concerning—
(A) soil, water, and air quality;
(B) wildlife habitat; and
(C) surface and ground water conservation;
(2) avoiding, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for resource and regulatory programs by assisting producers in protecting soil, water, air, and related natural resources and meeting environmental quality criteria established by Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies;
(3) providing flexible assistance to producers to install and maintain conservation practices that sustain food and fiber production while—
(A) enhancing soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, forestland, wetland, and wildlife;
(B) developing and improving wildlife habitat; and
(C) conserving energy; and
(4) assisting producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to production systems, including addressing identified, new, or expected resource concerns related to organic production, grazing management, fuels management, forest management, nutrient management associated with crops and livestock, pest management, irrigation management, adapting to, and mitigating against, increasing weather volatility, drought resiliency measures, or other practices on agricultural and forested land.
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§ 3839aa. Purposes
The purposes of the environmental quality in-
centives program established by this subpart are
to promote agricultural production, forest man-
agement, and environmental quality as compat-
ible goals, and to optimize environmental bene-
fits, by—
(1) assisting producers in complying with
local, State, and national regulatory require-
ments concerning—
(A) soil, water, and air quality;
(B) wildlife habitat; and
(C) surface and ground water conservation;
(2) avoiding, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the need for resource and regulatory
programs by assisting producers in protecting
soil, water, air, and related natural resources
and meeting environmental quality criteria
established by Federal, State, tribal, and local
agencies;
(3) providing flexible assistance to producers
to install and maintain conservation practices
that sustain food and fiber production while—
(A) enhancing soil, water, and related nat-
ural
resources,
including
grazing
land,
forestland, wetland, and wildlife;
(B) developing and improving wildlife
habitat; and
(C) conserving energy; and
(4) assisting producers to make beneficial,
cost-effective changes to production systems,
including addressing identified, new, or ex-
pected resource concerns related to organic
production, grazing management, fuels man-
agement, forest management, nutrient man-
agement associated with crops and livestock,
pest management, irrigation management,
adapting to, and mitigating against, increas-
ing weather volatility, drought resiliency
measures, or other practices on agricultural
and forested land.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1240, as added Pub. L.
107–171, title II, § 2301, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 253;
amended Pub. L. 110–234, title II, § 2501(a), May
22, 2008,
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§ 1379a. Legislative findings
Wheat, in addition to being a basic food, is one
of the great export crops of American agri-
culture and its production for domestic con-
sumption and for export is necessary to the
maintenance of a sound national economy and
to the general welfare. The movement of wheat
from producer to consumer, in the form of the
commodity or any of the products thereof, is
preponderantly in interstate and foreign com-
merce. Unreasonably low prices of wheat to pro-
ducers impair their purchasing power for non-
agriculture products and place them in a posi-
tion of serious disparity with other industrial
groups. The conditions affecting the production
of wheat are such that without Federal assist-
ance, producers cannot effectively prevent disas-
trously low prices for wheat. It is necessary, in
order to assist wheat producers in obtaining fair
prices, to regulate the price of wheat used for
domestic food and for exports in the manner
provided in this part.
(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 379a, as added
Pub. L. 87–703, title III, § 324(2), Sept. 27, 1962, 76
Stat. 626.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
INAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION
Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of cov-
ered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable
to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through
Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(a)(3) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of cov-
ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable
to milk during period beginning June 18, 2008, through
Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(a)(3) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of cov-
ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable
to milk during period beginning May 13, 2002, through