Contract modifications.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) As agreed between CCC and the participant, a CRP contract may be modified in order to: (1) Decrease acreage in CRP, provided that such modification will be considered a partial termination for purposes of § 1410.32(e); (2) Permit the production of an agricultural commodity under exceptional circumstances during a crop year on all or part of the land subject to the CRP contract; (3) Facilitate the practical administration of CRP; or (4) During the last 2 years of the CRP contract period, facilitate a transition of land subject to the contract to a beginning, socially disadvantaged, or veteran farmer or rancher for the purpose of returning some or all of the land into production using sustainable grazing or crop production methods. For purposes of this paragraph (a)(4), “sustainable grazing and crop production methods” will be considered methods that would be designed as part of an overall plan defined on an ecosystem level to be useful in the creation of integrated systems of plant and animal production practices that have a site specific application that would: (i) Enhance the environment and the natural resource base; (ii) Use nonrenewable resources efficiently; and (iii) Sustain the economic viability of the farming operation. (b) CCC may modify CRP contracts to add or substitute practices when: (1) The installed practice failed to adequately provide for the desired environmental benefit through no fault of the participant; or (2) The installed measure deteriorated beca

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1410.33