### Question
How is the term eligible producer defined?


### Answer
The term **eligible producer** is defined in *7 U.S.C. § 1463* as the following:

> a producer of upland cotton or rice who, the appropriate county committee determines—


(i) was required to reduce one or more individual crop acreage bases on the farm during the 1991 crop year in order to comply with subsection (a)(2) of this section and the change in the calculation of cotton and rice crop acreage bases to a 3-year formula as provided in this section

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1463*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 35A-PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES > SUBCHAPTER IV-ACREAGE BASE AND YIELD SYSTEM**

