Require USDA to update base acres for the first time since 1985 so they accurately reflect what farmers currently grow.

Require USDA to update base acres for the first time since 1985 to ensure they accurately reflect what farmers currently grow.

Budzinski says she introduced an amendment that would direct USDA to update base acres.

Budzinski Statement on Vote Against Farm Bill
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Section 10302 of Public Law 119-21 amends 7 U.S.C. 9012 to add an 'additional base acres' subsection. It directs USDA, as soon as practicable after enactment, to notify eligible farms and allocate up to an additional 30,000,000 base acres, effective beginning with the 2026 crop year.

Congress enacted the base-acre update and required USDA to implement it, establishing the legal basis for the promised update.

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Public Law 119-21 — July 4, 2025
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For program year 2026, an additional 30 million base acres will be allocated to eligible farms. The handbook describes the eligibility rules, acreage-history calculation for 2019 through 2023, the 30-million-acre cap, and the process for entering final base allocations into farm records.

USDA issued implementation guidance showing the statutory update is being operationalized for 2026 base-acre allocations.

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FSA Handbook: Base Acres and Yields
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The notice states that OBBBA provides an additional 30 million base acres and requires all owners to be notified of eligibility. It sets a May 15, 2026 deadline for pulling acreage-history and farm-record data for the owner-notification process.

USDA was actively executing the base-acre update process within the lookback window, including owner notification and data preparation.

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FSA Notice ARCPLC-125: Data Deadline for Base Allocation Owner Notification
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