Read the following passage carefully:
Under the 2026 Climate-Adaptive Agricultural Credit Policy, regional rural banks are authorized to issue interest-subsidized loans exclusively to smallholder farmers who adopt verified regenerative tillage practices. The policy specifies that credit subsidies will be immediately revoked if a farming cooperative fails to maintain a minimum 30% crop-diversification index during the annual audit. However, cooperatives that integrate automated drip-irrigation systems are granted a two-year exemption from crop-diversification audits, provided their groundwater consumption does not exceed pre-established regional thresholds. Furthermore, any cooperative whose interest subsidy is revoked becomes ineligible to apply for state-backed emergency flood relief funds for a period of three consecutive fiscal years. A recent Ministry of Agriculture report indicates that while several cooperatives in the Western Basin adopted automated drip-irrigation in 2025, over half of them exceeded their regional groundwater consumption limits during the 2026 drought.
Based strictly on the passage provided, which of the following statements must logically be true regarding those Western Basin cooperatives that exceeded their regional groundwater consumption limits in 2026?
- They cannot claim the two-year exemption from crop-diversification audits under the credit policy for the 2026 fiscal year.Answer
- BThey will automatically have their state-backed emergency flood relief funds revoked for the next three consecutive fiscal years.
- CAdopting regenerative tillage practices prevents cooperatives from over-allocating groundwater resources during drought conditions.
- DRegional rural banks are legally required to cancel all interest-subsidized loans across the entire Western Basin region.