Form Approved - OMB No. 0578-0013
CCC-1200
10/2005
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
1. State & County Code
2. Agriculture Operation
Identifier(s):
3. Contract Number:
4. Primary Fund Code:
5. HUA Number:
6. Total Treated Acres:
CONSERVATION PROGRAM APPLICATION/CONTRACT
THIS is an APPLICATION to participate in the:
7. PROGRAM
(Check One)
a. Agricultural Management
Assistance Program (AMA)
b. Conservation Security Program
(CSP)
✔
c. Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP)
8. Limited Resource Producer and Beginning Farmer Certification
I ___________________ certify that I am a: ❑ LIMITED RESOURCE PRODUCER (EQIP, CSP);
❑ BEGINNING FARMER/RANCHER (EQIP, CSP); and meet the requirements therein as per the
following guidelines:
Limited Resource Farmer or Rancher:
(a) Has direct or indirect gross farm sales not more than $100,000
in each of the previous two years (to be increased starting in FY
2004 to adjust for inflation using Prices Paid By Farmers Index as
compiled by NASS),
and
(b) Has a total household income at or below the national poverty
level for a family of four, or less than 50 percent of county median
household income (to be determined annually using Commerce
Department Data), in each of the previous two years. (c) An entity
or joint operation can be a Limited Resource Producer if all
individual members qualify as a Limited Resource Producer.
Beginning Farmer or Rancher:
(a) Has not operated a farm or ranch, or has operated a farm or ranch for not
more than 10 consecutive years (this requirement applies to all members of an
entity), and
(b) Will materially and substantially participate in the operation of the farm or
ranch.
(i) In the case of a Contract with an individual, individually or with the immediate
family, material and substantial participation requires that the individual provide
substantial day-to-day labor and management of the farm or ranch, consistent with
the practices in the county or State where the farm is located.
(ii) In the case of a contract made with