29 CFR 780.210
§ 780.210 The typical hatchery operations constitute “agriculture.”
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- 29 CFR 780.210, § 780.210 The typical hatchery operations constitute “agriculture.”, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/126455
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As stated in § 780.127, the typical hatchery is engaged in “agriculture,” whether in a rural or city location. Where the hatchery is engaged solely in procuring eggs for hatching, performing the hatching operations, and selling the chicks, all the employees including office and maintenance workers are engaged in agriculture (see Miller Hatcheries v. Boyer, 131 F. 2d 283).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.