7 CFR 761.210
§ 761.210 CL funds.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 761.210, § 761.210 CL funds, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/19748
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(a) The following applicants and conservation projects will receive priority for CL funding:
(1) Beginning farmer or socially disadvantaged farmer,
(2) An applicant who will use the loan funds to convert to a sustainable or organic agriculture production system as evidenced by one of the following:
(i) A conservation plan that states the applicant is moving toward a sustainable or organic production system, or
(ii) An organic plan, approved by a certified agent and the State organic certification program, or
(iii) A grant awarded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
(3) An applicant who will use the loan funds to build conservation structures or establish conservation practices to comply with 16 U.S.C. 3812 (section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985) for highly erodible land.
(b) [Reserved]
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.