[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: 7CFR718.108]

[Page 89]
 
                          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. 718.108  Deductions.

    (a) Any contiguous area which is not devoted to the crop being 
measured and which is not part of a skip-row pattern under Sec. 718.107 
shall be deducted from the acreage of the crop if such area meets the 
following minimum national standards or requirements:
    (1) A minimum width of 30 inches;
    (2) For tobacco, three-hundredths acre, except that turn areas, 
terraces, permanent irrigation and drainage ditches, sod waterways, 
noncropland, and subdivision boundaries each of which is at least 30 
inches in width may be combined to meet the 0.03-acre minimum 
requirement; or
    (3) For all other crops and land uses, one-tenth acre. Turn areas, 
terraces, permanent irrigation and drainage ditches, sod waterways, 
noncropland, and subdivision boundaries each of which is at least 30 
inches in width and each of which contain 0.1 acre or more may be 
combined to meet any larger minimum prescribed for a State in accordance 
with this subpart.
    (b) If the area not devoted to the crop is located within the 
planted area, the part of any perimeter area that is more than 33 links 
in width will be considered to be an internal deduction if the standard 
deduction is used.
    (c) A standard deduction of 3 percent of the area devoted to a row 
crop and zero percent of the area devoted to a close-sown crop may be 
used in lieu of measuring the acreage of turn areas.