Farm constitution.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) In order to implement FSA programs and monitor compliance with regulations, FSA must have records on what land is being farmed by a particular producer. This is accomplished by a determination of what land or group of lands “constitute” an individual unit or farm. Land that was properly constituted under prior regulations will remain so constituted until a reconstitution is required by paragraph (c) of this section. The constitution and identification of land as a “farm” for the first time and the subsequent reconstitution of a farm made thereafter will include all land operated by an individual entity or joint operation as a single farming unit except that it may not include: (1) Land under separate ownership unless the owners agree in writing or have previously agreed in writing and the labor, equipment, accounting system, and management are operated in common by the operator, but separate from other tracts; (2) Land under a lease agreement of less than 1 year duration; (3) Federally owned land unless it is rangeland on which no crops are planted and on which there are no crop base acres established; (4) State-owned wildlife lands unless the former owner has possession of the land under a leasing agreement; (5) Land constituting a farm that is declared ineligible to be enrolled in a program under the regulations governing the program; (6) For base acre crops, land located in counties that are not contiguous except where: (i) Counties are divided by a river; (ii) Countie

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 718.201