Historically, commodity programmes included provisions to reduce commodity supplies by diverting acreage to non-crop uses. Examples include paid diversion, unpaid diversion, set-aside, and acreage reduction programs. The FAIR Act of 1996 eliminated authority for the USDA to implement annual acreage reduction programs. The Conservation Reserve programme pays farmers for the long-term conversion of fragile crop land to conserving uses and is not considered to be an acreage diversion program.