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CFR /  Title 29  /  Part 780  /  Sec. 780.614 Definition of a farmer.

The Act does not define the term ``farmer.'' Whether an employer is a ``farmer'' within the meaning of section 13(b)(13) must be determined by consideration of the particular facts, keeping in mind the purpose of the exemption. A full discussion of the meaning of the term ``farmer'' as used in the Act's definition of agriculture is contained in Sec. Sec. 780.130 through 780.133. Generally, as indicated in that discussion, a farmer under the Act is one who engages, as an occupation, in farming operations as a distinct activity for the purpose of producing a farm crop. A corporation or a farmers' cooperative may be a ``farmer'' if engaged in actual farming of the nature and extent there indicated.