[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR718.101]

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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. 718.101  Measurements.

    Source: 68 FR 16176, Apr. 3, 2003, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Measurement services include, but are not limited to, measuring 
land and crop areas, quantities of farm-stored commodities, and 
appraising the yields of crops in the field when required for program 
administration purposes. The county committee shall provide measurement 
service if the producer requests such service and pays the cost, except 
that service shall not be provided to determine total acreage or 
production of a crop when the request is made:
    (1) After the established final reporting date for the applicable 
crop, unless a late filed report is accepted as provided in Sec. 
718.103;
    (2) After the farm operator has furnished production evidence when 
required for program administration purposes except as provided in this 
subpart; or
    (3) In connection with a late-filed report of acreage, unless there 
is evidence of the crop's existence in the field and use made of the 
crop, or the lack of the crop due to a disaster condition affecting the 
crop.
    (b) The acreage requested to be measured by staking and referencing 
shall not exceed the effective farm allotment for marketing quota crops 
or acreage of a crop that is limited to a specific number of acres to 
meet any program requirement.
    (c) When a producer requests, pays for, and receives written notice 
that measurement services have been furnished, the measured acreage 
shall be guaranteed to be correct and used for all program purposes for 
the current year even though an error is later discovered in the 
measurement thereof, if the producer has taken action with an economic 
significance based on the measurement service, and the entire crop 
required for the farm was measured. If the producer has not taken action 
with an economic significance based on the measurement service, the 
producer shall be notified in writing that an error was discovered and 
the nature and extent of such error. In such cases, the corrected 
acreage will be used for determining program compliance for the current 
year.
    (d) When a measurement service reveals acreage in excess of the 
permitted acreage and the allowable tolerance as defined in this part, 
the producer must destroy the excess acreage and pay for FSA to verify 
destruction, in order to keep the measurement service guarantee.