Transition Incentives Program.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) To be eligible for the Transition Incentives Program, all the following must be met: (1) The land must be enrolled in CRP; (2) The conditions for the timing of the sale or lease of the land and to whom it must be sold or leased are: (i) Beginning on the date of the end of the CRP contract period, the land must be sold or leased (under a long-term lease, or a lease with an option to purchase the land, including a lease with a term of less than 5 years and an option to purchase the land) to a beginning, veteran, or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher who will return some or all of the land to production using sustainable grazing or crop production methods; and (ii) The sale or lease, as applicable, must take effect on the day immediately after the end of the CRP contract period; (3) The CRP contract is modified in accordance with § 1410.33(a)(4); (4) The land is not subject to an easement or other restriction that prohibits the use of the land allowed under this section; and (5) The beginning, veteran, or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers must: (i) Certify that they meet the definition of either a beginning or veteran farmer or rancher as defined in part 718 of this title, or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher as defined in § 1410.2; (ii) Obtain an approved conservation plan prior to approval of the Transition Incentives Program contract; and (iii) Implement sustainable grazing or crop production on land not re-enrolled in CRP in compliance with the co

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1410.64