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U.S. Code > Title 7 > Chapter 106 > Subchapter III > § 7956 - Planting flexibility

(a) Permitted crops
  Subject to subsection (b) of this section, any commodity or crop
may be planted on the base acres for peanuts on a farm.
(b) Limitations regarding certain commodities
  (1) General limitation
    The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in
  paragraph (2) shall be prohibited on base acres for peanuts
  unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.
  (2) Treatment of trees and other perennials
    The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in
  paragraph (3) that is produced on a tree or other perennial plant
  shall be prohibited on base acres for peanuts.
  (3) Covered agricultural commodities
    Paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to the following agricultural
  commodities:
      (A) Fruits.
      (B) Vegetables (other than lentils, mung beans, and dry
    peas).
      (C) Wild rice.
(c) Exceptions
  Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this section shall
not limit the planting of an agricultural commodity specified in
paragraph (3) of that subsection - 
    (1) in any region in which there is a history of double-
  cropping of peanuts with agricultural commodities specified in
  subsection (b)(3) of this section, as determined by the
  Secretary, in which case the double-cropping shall be permitted;
    (2) on a farm that the Secretary determines has a history of
  planting agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3)
  of this section on the base acres for peanuts, except that direct
  payments and counter-cyclical payments shall be reduced by an
  acre for each acre planted to such an agricultural commodity; or
    (3) by the producers on a farm that the Secretary determines
  has an established planting history of a specific agricultural
  commodity specified in subsection (b)(3) of this section, except
  that - 
      (A) the quantity planted may not exceed the average annual
    planting history of such agricultural commodity by the
    producers on the farm in the 1991 through 1995 or 1998 through
    2001 crop years (excluding any crop year in which no plantings
    were made), as determined by the Secretary; and
      (B) direct payments and counter-cyclical payments shall be
    reduced by an acre for each acre planted to such agricultural
    commodity.

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