[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR718.101]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 718--PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart B--Determination Of Acreage and Compliance
 
Sec. 718.101  Measurements.


    (a) Measurement services include, but are not limited to, measuring 
land and crop areas, quantities of farm-stored commodities, and 
appraising the yields of crops when required for program administration 
purposes. The county committee shall provide measurement service if the 
producer requests such service and pays the cost, except that service 
shall not be provided to determine total acreage of a crop when the 
request is made:
    (1) After the established final reporting date for the applicable 
crop except as provided in Sec. 718.103;.
    (2) After the farm operator has furnished the county office 
production evidence when required for program administration purposes 
except as provided in this subpart; or
    (3) In connection with a late-filed report of acreage, unless there 
is evidence of the existence and use made of the crop, the lack of the 
crop or a disaster condition affecting the crop.
    (b) The acreage requested to be measured by staking and referencing 
shall not exceed the effective farm allotment for marketing quota crops 
or acreage of a crop that is limited to a specific number of acres to 
meet any program requirement.
    (c) When a producer requests, pays for, and receives written notice 
that measurement services have been furnished, the measured acreage 
shall be guaranteed to be correct and used for all program purposes for 
the current year even though an error is later discovered in the 
measurement thereof, if the producer has taken action with an economic 
significance based on the measurement service, and the entire crop 
required for the farm was measured. If the producer has not taken action 
with an economic significance based on the measurement service, the 
producer shall be notified in writing that an error was discovered and 
the nature and extent of such error. In such cases, the corrected 
acreage will be used for determining program compliance for the current 
year.
    (d) When a measurement service reveals acreage in excess of the 
permitted acreage by more than the allowable tolerance, the producer 
must destroy the excess acreage and pay for an authorized employee of 
FSA to verify destruction, in order to keep the measurement service 
guarantee.