date:Sep 29, 2018
program crops on base acres during the 2009 to 2017 crop years (CBO Cost Estimate, May 2, 2018).
Figure 5 maps an initial estimate of where acres would be most likely to lose payments under the House provision. Figure 5 compares the average planted acres for all covered commodities (2009 to 2017) by State to all base acres (2015) in the State. States where average planted is less than base (e.g., less than 100%) are the most likely to have unplanted base acres that could be subject to the House