[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: 7CFR718.107]

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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. 718.107  Skip rows and strip crops.

    (a) To be considered under the skip row provisions of this section 
the field must be planted in a uniform planting pattern and the number 
of rows planted between skips cannot exceed 36 rows. If more than one 
pattern is used within a field, the area planted to each pattern will be 
considered a subdivision.
    (b) The entire acreage of the field or subdivision shall be 
considered as devoted to the crop where the crop is planted in strips of 
two or more rows and the strips of idle land are less than 64 inches 
wide, except where cotton is planted in skip row patterns:
    (1) If the distance between the rows is 30 inches the strips of the 
idle land are less than 60 inches wide; or
    (2) If the distance between the rows is 32 inches or wider and the 
strips of idle land are at least 60 inches but less than 64 inches, the 
producer has the option to consider the crop as either solid planted or 
skip row if the producer has a history of planting 32-inch or wider 
rows.
    (c) The county committee shall determine if the producer has a 
history of 32-inch or wider rows by verifying that cotton acreage has 
been planted in 32-inch or wider rows in past years and reported on the 
acreage report, or reported to other State or Federal Agencies.
    (d) If the strips of idle land are too wide to be classified as 
solid planted in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section the 
acreage of the strips planted to the crop, including one-half the 
distance between the rows of the crop but not less than 15 inches beyond 
the outside rows of the crop in each strip, shall be considered as 
devoted to the crop.
    (e) When one crop is alternating with another crop, the entire 
acreage of the field or subdivision shall be considered as devoted to 
the crop being measured where such crop is planted in strips of one or 
more rows and the strips of the other crop are less than 64 inches.
    (f) If strips of the alternating crop are too wide to be considered 
solid planted in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section and if 
the alternating crop:
    (1) Has substantially the same growing season as the crop being 
measured, only the acreage planted to the crop being measured, including 
the smaller of one-half the distance between the strips of the crop 
being measured or 30 inches shall be considered as being devoted to the 
crop being measured; or

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    (2) Does not have substantially the same growing season as the crop 
being measured, then the acreage of the crop being measured shall be 
determined in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section.
    (g) When the crops are planted in single wide rows, the entire 
acreage of the field or subdivision shall be considered as devoted to 
the crop where the distance between the rows of such crop is less than 
64 inches. If the distance between the rows of the crop is at least 64 
inches, only 64 inches in width for each row shall be considered as 
being devoted to the crop.