In the United States, under some previous commodity support laws,

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s were, in general, calculated as a 5-year average of planted and considered planted acreage. Acreage considered planted included acreage idled under production adjustment programs or idled for weather-related reasons or natural disasters; acreage devoted to conservation purposes or planted to certain other allowed commodities; and acreage

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determined was necessary for fair and equitable treatment.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Considered Planted United States Department of Agriculture