(a) Any crop may be planted and harvested on base acres on a farm, except as limited in this section. Any crop may be planted on cropland in excess of the base acres on a farm.
(b) Base acres may be hayed or grazed at any time.
(c) Except as specified in paragraph (d) of this section, the planting or harvesting of perennial or harvesting of non-perennial fruits, vegetables (except mung beans and covered commodities), or wild rice, as determined by CCC, will result in an acre for acre payment reduction when such crop or crops are planted and or harvested, as applicable, on more than:
(1) 15 percent of the base acres of a farm enrolled in ARC or PLC using county coverage; or
(2) 35 percent of the base acres of a farm enrolled in ARC using individual coverage.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c) of this section, perennial fruits, vegetables, and wild rice may be planted or harvested on base acres of a farm and non-perennial fruits, vegetables, and wild rice may be harvested on base acres of a farm if a producer double-crops fruits, vegetables, or wild rice with a covered commodity in any region described in paragraph (e) of this section, in which case payment acres will not be reduced for the planting or harvesting of the fruit, vegetable, or wild rice.
(e) Double-cropping for purposes of this section means planting for harvest non-perennial fruits, vegetables, or wild rice on the same acres in cycle with a planted covered commodity harvested for grain in a 12-month period under normal growing conditions for the region and being able to repeat the same cycle in the following 12-month period. For purposes of this part, the following counties have been determined to be regions having a history of double-cropping covered commodities or peanuts with fruits, vegetables, or wild rice. State committees have established the following counties as regions within their respective States:
Alabama Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Clarke, Covington, Cullman,
Geneva, Greene, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Madison, Mobile,
Montgomery, Randolph, Sumter, Talladega, Walker, and Washington.
Alaska None.
Arizona Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, LaPaz, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, and
Yuma.
Arkansas Ashley, Benton, Clay, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner,
Franklin, Greene, Independence, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee,
Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, Pulaski, St.
Francis, Sebastian, Washington, Woodruff, and Yell.
California Alameda, Amador, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial,
Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San
Joaquin, Santa Clara, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter,
Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba.
Caribbean Office None.
Colorado Otero.
Connecticut None.
Delaware All counties.
Florida All counties except Monroe.
Georgia All counties.
Hawaii None.
Idaho None.
Illinois Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Clark, Crawford, DeKalb, Edgar, Effingham,
Gallatin, Iroquois, Jersey, Kankakee, Lawrence, LaSalle, Lee,
Madison, Marion, Mason, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, Tazewell,
Union, Vermilion, White, and Whiteside.
Indiana Allen, Bartholemew, Daviess, Gibson, Jackson, Johnson, Knox, LaGrange,
LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Martin, Miami, Posey, Ripley, Shelby,
Sullivan, Vandenberg, and Warrick.
Iowa Kossuth, Mitchell, Palo Alto, and Winnebago.
Kansas None.
Kentucky All counties.
Louisiana Avoyelles, Franklin, Grant, Morehouse, Rapides, Richland, and West
Carroll.
Maine None.
Maryland Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles,
Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, St.
Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester.
Massachusetts None.
Michigan St. Joseph and Kalamazoo.
Minnesota Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge,
Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Kandiyohi, Le
Sueur, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Pope,
Redwood, Renville, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Stearns, Steele, Swift,
Waseca, Wabasha, Watonwan, and Winona.
Mississippi All counties.
Missouri Barton, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dade, Dunklin, Jasper, Lawrence,
Mississippi, New Madrid, Newton, Pemiscot, Perry, Ripley, Scott, and
Stoddard.
Montana None.
Nebraska None.
Nevada None.
New Hampshire None.
New Jersey Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester,
Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem,
Somerset, Sussex, and Warren.
New Mexico Chaves, Curry, Dona Ana, Eddy, Hidalgo, Lea, Luna, Quay, Roosevelt, San
Juan, and Sierra.
New York Cayuga, Columbia, Dutchess, Erie, Genesee, Greene, Livingston, Madison,
Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Putnam,
Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Tompkins,
Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, and Yates.
North Carolina Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen,
Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell,
Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus,
Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin,
Edgecombe, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones,
Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg,
Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico,
Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson,
Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Tyrell,
Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, and
Yadkin.
North Dakota None.
Ohio Carroll, Champaign, Clermont, Fulton, Henry, Jackson, Lucas, Miami,
Morgan, Muskingum, Scioto, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Vinton.
Oklahoma Adair, Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter,
Cherokee, Cleveland, Cotton, Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Ellis,
Garfield,
Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Haskell, Hughes, Jackson,
Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, LeFlore, Logan, Love, McClain,
McIntosh, Major, Marshall, Mayes, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okmulgee,
Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Rogers,
Sequoyah, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washita, Woods, and
Woodward.
Oregon Morrow and Umatilla.
Pennsylvania Adams, Bucks, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Delaware,
Erie, Franklin, Indiana, Lancaster, Montgomery, Montour,
Northumberland, Schuylkill, Synder, Union, and York.
Puerto Rico None.
Rhode Island None.
South Carolina All counties.
South Dakota None.
Tennessee Bledsoe, Cannon, Chester, Cocke, Coffee, Crockett, Dickson, Dyer,
Fayette, Gibson, Giles, Greene, Grundy, Hardeman, Haywood,
Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison,
Marion, Maury, McNairy, Obion, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Rhea,
Robertson, Rutherford, Sequatchie, Shelby, Sumner, Tipton, Unicoi,
VanBuren, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Williamson, and Wilson.
Texas Andrews, Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bexar, Brazoria, Briscoe, Brooks,
Cameron, Castro, Chambers, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth,
Comanche, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Dimmit,
Donley, Duval, Fannin, Floyd, Foard, Frio, Gaines, Hale, Hall,
Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hidalgo,
Hockley, Howard, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kent, Kinney,
Kleberg, Knox, Lamb, LaSalle, Liberty, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin,
Maverick, Medina, Midland, Moore, Motley, Nueces, Ochiltree, Parmer,
Pecos, Randall, Reeves, San Patricio, Sherman, Starr, Swisher,
Terry, Uvalde, Washington, Webb, Wheeler, Willacy, Wilson, Yoakum,
Zapata, and Zavala.
Utah None.
Vermont None.
Virginia Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta,
Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buchanan, Buckingham,
Campbell, Caroline, Carroll, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesapeake,
Chesterfield, Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dickenson,
Dinwiddie, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin,
Frederick, Giles, Gloucester, Goochland, Grayson, Greene,
Greensville, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Henry, Highland, Isle of
Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William,
Lancaster, Lee, Loudoun, Louisa, Lunenburg, Madison, Mathews,
Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Montgomery, Nelson, New Kent, Northampton,
Northumberland, Nottoway, Orange, Page, Patrick, Pittsylvania,
Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Prince William, Pulaski,
Rappahannock, Richmond, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell,
Scott, Shenandoah, Smyth, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford,
Suffolk, Surry, Sussex, Tazewell, Virginia Beach, Warren,
Washington, Westmoreland, Wise, Wythe, and York.
Washington Yakima.
West Virginia None.
Wisconsin Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake,
Iowa, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock,
Sauk, Trempealeau, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waushara, and
Winnebago.
Wyoming None.
(f) The acreage of any fruit or vegetable specified in paragraph (h) of this section will first be attributed to cropland not having base acres, followed by base acres, before applying any payment acreage reduction required by paragraph (c) of this section. The reduction will be attributed to each of the covered commodities on the farm having payment acres on a pro rata basis to reflect the ratio of the payment acres of the covered commodity on the farm to the total payment acres of all covered commodities on the farm. No reductions are applicable to CTAP payments as specified in subpart H of this part.
(g) For the purposes of this part, fruits, vegetables, and wild rice planted on payment acres of a farm under ARC or PLC Program contract:
(1) Will be considered harvested at the time of planting, unless the producer pays a fee to cover the cost of a farm visit, as specified in part 718 of this title, to verify that the fruit, vegetable, or wild rice has been destroyed before harvest, as determined by CCC, or
(2) Will not be considered as planted to a fruit, vegetable, or wild rice when reported by a producer on the farm with an intended use of green manure or forage, as determined by CCC, and a fee to cover the cost of a farm visit is paid by the producer, as specified in part 718 of this title, to verify that the crop has not been harvested.
(h) Unless otherwise specifically included as a covered commodity as specified in this part, fruits and vegetables include, but are not limited to, all nuts except peanuts, certain fruit-bearing trees and: Acerola (barbados cherry), antidesma, apples, apricots, aragula, ariona (chokeberry), artichokes, asparagus, atemoya (custard apple), avocados, babaco papayas, bananas, beans (except soybeans, mung, adzuki, faba, and lupin), beets--other than sugar, blackberries, blackeye peas, blueberries, bok spare choy, boysenberries, breadfruit, broccoflower, broccolo-cavalo, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cailang, caimito, calabaza, carambola (star fruit), calaboose, carob, carrots, cascadeberries, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chayote, cherimoyas (sugar apples), canary melon, cantaloupes, cardoon, casaba melon, cassava, cherries, chinese bitter melon, chicory, chinese cabbage, chinese mustard, chinese water chestnuts, chufes, citron, citron melon, coffee, collards, cowpeas, crabapples, cranberries, cressie greens, crenshaw melons, cucumbers, currants, cushaw, daikon, dasheen, dates, dry edible beans, dunga, eggplant, elderberries, elut, endive, escarole, etou, feijoas, figs, gai lien, gailon, galanga, genip, gooseberries, grapefruit, grapes, guambana, guavas, guy choy, honeydew melon, huckleberries, jackfruit, jerusalem artichokes, jicama, jojoba, kale, kenya, kiwifruit, kohlrabi, kumquats, leeks, lemons, lettuce, limequats, limes, lobok, loganberries, longon, loquats, lotus root, lychee (litchi), mandarins, mangos, marionberries, mar bub, melongene, mesple, mizuna, mongosteen, moqua, mulberries, murcotts, mushrooms, mustard greens, nectarines, ny Yu, okra, olallieberries, olives, onions, opo, oranges, papaya, paprika, parsnip, passion fruits, peaches, pears, peas, all peppers, persimmon, persian melon, pimentos, pineapple, pistachios, plantain, plumcots, plums, pomegranates, potatoes, prunes, pummelo, pumpkins, quinces, radicchio, radishes, raisins, raisins (distilling), rambutan, rape greens, rapini, raspberries, recao, rhubarb, rutabaga, santa claus melon, salsify, saodilla, sapote, savory, scallions, shallots, shiso, spinach, squash, strawberries, suk gat, swiss chard, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tangelos, tangerines, tangos, tangors, taniers, taro root, tau chai, teff, tindora, tomatillos, tomatoes, turnips, turnip greens, watercress, watermelons, white sapote, yam, and yam yu choy. [79 FR 46339, Aug. 8, 2014, as amended at 79 FR 57718, Sept. 26, 2014]