[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 7] [Revised as of January 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR701.7] [Page 25] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER VII--FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 701--CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS--Table of Contents Subpart--Agricultural Conservation Program Sec. 701.7 Eligible person. An eligible person is a farmer or rancher who as an individual, partnership, association, corporation, estate, trust, or other business enterprise, or other legal entity (excluding districts which have taxing authority, Federal agencies, States and State agencies, but not excluding political subdivisions of a State) and, as an owner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper, participates in the operation of a farm or ranch.