[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: 7CFR718.109]

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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. 718.109  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. 718.108 
shall be deducted from the acreage of the crop if such area

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meets the following minimum national standards or requirements:
    (1) A minimum width of 30 inches;
    (2) For tobacco--three-hundredths (.03) acre. Turn areas, terraces, 
permanent irrigation and drainage ditches, sod waterways, non-cropland, 
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 (.10) acre. Turn 
areas, terraces, permanent irrigation and drainage ditches, sod 
waterways, non-cropland, 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 217.8 
feet (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.