[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: 7CFR759.3]

[Page 394]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 759--SMALL HOG OPERATION PAYMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 759.3  Definitions.

    The definitions set forth in this section shall be applicable for 
all purposes of administering the Small Hog Operation Payment Program 
established by this part.
    Application means the Small Hog Operation Payment Program 
Application, FSA-1042.
    Cost-plus contract means an agreement between a hog operation and a 
purchaser which bases payment to the hog operation on the estimated cost 
of production of a hog plus a profit margin.
    Department means the United States Department of Agriculture.
    Eligible hogs means feeder pigs and slaughter hogs.
    Farm Service Agency or FSA means the Farm Service Agency of the 
Department.
    Feeder pigs means young pigs that are sold to another person for 
further feeding for a period of more than 1 month.
    Fixed-price contract means an agreement between a hog operation and 
a purchaser which bases payment at a negotiated fixed price and includes 
contracts that may specify the duration and minimum and/or maximum 
number of hogs to be delivered during the contract period.
    Hog operation means any person or group of persons who as a single 
unit raises hogs and whose production and facilities are located in the 
United States.
    Marketing period means the period beginning on July 1, 1998, and 
ending on December 31, 1998.
    Negotiated cash sales means a sale in which the price is determined 
by interactions between the hog operation and the purchaser during the 
current day, for delivery within the next 7 slaughter days, and does not 
include hogs which are sold under contract.
    Person means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, 
corporation, estate, trust, association, cooperative, or other business 
enterprise or other legal entity who is, or whose members are, a citizen 
or citizens of, or legal resident alien or aliens in the United States.
    Secretary means the Secretary of the United States Department of 
Agriculture or any other officer or employee of the Department who has 
been delegated the authority to act in the Secretary's stead with 
respect to the program established in this part.
    Slaughter hogs means barrows, gilts, sows, and boars that are sold 
for immediate slaughter.
    United States means the 50 States of the United States of America, 
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.