[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR657.1]

[Page 544]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 657_PRIME AND UNIQUE FARMLANDS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A_Important Farmlands Inventory
 
Sec. 657.1  Purpose.




                 Subpart A_Important Farmlands Inventory

Sec.
657.1 Purpose.
657.2 Policy.
657.3 Applicability.
657.4 NRCS responsibilities.
657.5 Identification of important farmlands.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1010a; 16 U.S.C. 590a-590f; 42 U.S.C. 3271-3274.

    Source: 43 FR 4031, Jan. 31, 1978, unless otherwise noted.



    NRCS is concerned about any action that tends to impair the 
productive capacity of American agriculture. The Nation needs to know 
the extent and location of the best land for producing food, feed, fiber 
forage, and oilseed crops. In addition to prime and unique farmlands, 
farmlands that are of statewide and local importance for producing these 
crops also need to be identified.