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WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Representative Marion Berry (AR-01) released this statement responding to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's announcement today that the rule terminating base acres on federal land has been rescinded. Now, Farmers who lease federal land are again considered eligible to receive payments under the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) on federal land with base acres.
“I’m pleased to see this misguided rule, first enacted under President Bush, rescinded," said Berry. "I will continue to oppose all mid-stream changes to the five-year agreement that Congress made with American farm families with the 2008 Farm Bill.”
This decision rescinds the part of the Dec. 23, 2008, DCP final rule, which terminated base acreage on federal lands. The rule directed that beginning in crop year 2009, producers who leased federal land would no longer be eligible for DCP payments authorized under the 2008 Farm Bill.
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