AGRICULTURAL OPERATION DELINEATION

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AGRICULTURAL OPERATION DELINEATION
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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• OBJECTIVES
• Establish Significance
• Define
• Responsibilities
• Key term CONTROL!
• Provide Methods to Substantiate Control
• Introduce Tool

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• Ag operation delineation is needed before the
  most basic eligibility question can be
  determined
• IS MY AG OPERATION IN A CSP WATERSHED?

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• HOW CAN -
• an applicant interview be conducted without
• Delineation of the Ag Operation?
• Identification of the land offered for
  enrollment?

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• APPLICANT RESPONSIBILITY
• The applicant will delineate their agricultural
  operation on a map as the initial step in the
  application process.

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• APPLICANT RESPONSIBILITY
• The applicants agricultural operation must
  include all land they control, whether contiguous
  or non-contiguous .

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• NRCS RESPONSIBILITY
• Provide program support
• Allow the applicant to make decisions

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• NRCS RESPONSIBILITY
• Do not delineate for applicants
• Prevent appearance of scheme or device
• Do not coach in an effort to maximize applicants
  participation extent

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• PARTICIPATION EXTENT IMPACT
• Category placement
• Tier placement
• Payment
• Payment limits
• Contract length

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• DEFINITION - AGRICULTURAL OPERATION CPM 518.60
  A(2)
• All agricultural land, incidental parcels, other
  lands, and ineligible land, whether contiguous or
  non-contiguous, under the control of the
  applicant, and constituting a cohesive management
  unit that is operated with equipment, labor,
  accounting system, and management that are
  substantially separate from any other. The
  minimum size of an agricultural operation is a
  field.

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• KEY TERM CONTROL!
• An understanding of the definition of control is
  fundamental to
• Eligibility
• Ag operation delineation

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• DEFINITION CONTROL (CPM 518.41 B)
• Possession of the land by ownership, lease, or
  agreement and
• Authority to act as decisionmaker for the
  management and operation of the land.

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• IF CONTROL IS QUESTIONED (CPM 518.60 B)
• Possession
• Extent

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• IF CONTROL IS QUESTIONED (CPM 518.60 B)
• Applicant required to furnish evidence
• Refer questionable cases to Approving Official
• Take action to substantiate control

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• SUBSTANTIATING CONTROL (CPM 518.60 B)
• Farm Service Agency Reports
• Deed or title document
• Lease

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• SUBSTANTIATING CONTROL (CPM 518.60 B)
• Farm Service Agency Reports
• Compare how the applicant represents their ag
  operation for other USDA program participation

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• SUBSTANTIATING CONTROL (CPM 518.60 B)
• Farm Service Agency Reports
• FSA-156EZ Farm record and tract listing
• AD-1026A Producer relationship at tract level
• Producer Subsidiary Print Summary eligibility
  information
• MABDIG Farm producer information

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• FARM SERVICE AGENCY DEFINITI0NS (3-CM)
• OPERATOR -
• An operator is an individual, entity, or joint
  operation who is determined by COC as being in
  general control of the farming operations on the
  farm for the current year.

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• FARM SERVICE AGENCY DEFINITI0NS (3-CM)
• OTHER PRODUCER (same as Other Tenant)
• Other producers are producers who
• are associated with a farm
• are not owners or operators.

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• FARM SERVICE AGENCY DEFINITI0NS (3-CM)
• TRACT -
• A tract is a unit of contiguous land that is both
  of the following
• under 1 ownership
• operated as a farm or a part of a farm.

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• FARM SERVICE AGENCY DEFINITI0NS (3-CM)
• FARM -
• A farm is made up of tracts that have the same
  owner and the same operator.
• Land with different owners may be combined if all
  the land is operated by 1 producer with all of
  the following elements in common and
  substantially separate from that of any other
  tracts
• labor
• equipment
• accounting system
• management.

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• USDA FARM BOUNDARIES CPM 518.60 C(3)
• In delineating the agricultural operation, USDA
  farm boundaries may be used. If farm boundaries
  are used in the application, the entire farm area
  must be included within the delineation.

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• TOOL (CPM Exhibit 518.154)
• Agricultural Operation Delineation Decision Tree
• Self-Assessment Workbook, Step 1, Page 5

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• ENTITY
• An organization (business unit, decision maker)
  that has an identity separate from those of its
  members.
• Corporations, associations, partnerships, limited
  liability companies/partnerships, sole
  proprietorships

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• ENTITY POLICY CONSTRAINT (CPM 518.40 C)
• Applicants who are entities or joint operations
  must file a single application for the
  organization.
• Control is the key!

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AG OPERATION DELINEATION

• SUMMARY
• Initial step in application process
• Applicant delineates
• Includes all land the applicant controls -
  Control is the key!
• Substantiate control

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