H.R. 2675: Farming Flexibility Act of 2011
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H.R. 2675: Farming Flexibility Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-27 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Farming Flexibility Act of 2011
Plain summary
Farming Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to consider mung beans and pulse crops as covered commodities whose planting on base acres is prohibited unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest. Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2012 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity for a crop year by one acre for each acre used for the production of fruits or vegetables (other than potatoes) for processing; (2) such acres devoted to fruits or vegetables shall be included in base acres for the covered commodity for the subsequent crop year unless the producers on the farm make the election to produce fruits and vegetables for the subsequent crop year; and (3) if a farm's base acres are recalculated the production of fruits or vegetables shall be considered to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of a covered commodity. Requires producers to: (1) demonstrate that they have entered into a contract to produce a fruit or vegetable crop for processing, (2) produce such crop as part of a crop rotation program to achieve agronomic and pest and disease management benefits, and (3) provide evidence of the crop's disposition.
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Farming Flexibility Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] · 16 cosponsors
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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2675.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2675 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112