### Question
Can you define what contract acreage means?


### Answer
**Contract acreage** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 7202*:

> 1 or more crop acreage bases established for contract commodities under title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) that would have been in effect for the 1996 crop (but for suspension under section 7301(b)(1) of this title)

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 7202*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 100-AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION > SUBCHAPTER I-SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS**

