date:Sep 29, 2018
provision. This is a very rough estimate, however, because the provision would apply on a farm-by-farm basis, eliminating payments on those farms that have not planted any covered commodity in those years.
Figures 4 and 5 raise questions about these provisions in the House farm bill. First, the House yield update is unusual. The 2014 Farm Bill provided a one-time opportunity to update payment yields for all crops and regions to 90% of the average yield per planted acre from 2008 through 2012,