CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XIV—COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 1400 to 1499) > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL REGULATIONS AND POLICIES (parts 1400 to 1409) > PART 1400—PAYMENT LIMITATION AND PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR 2009 AND SUBSEQUENT CROP, PROGRAM, OR FISCAL YEARS > SUBPART C—Payment Eligibility (§1400.201 to §1400.213) > 1400.209—Sharecroppers.

1400.209—Sharecroppers.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 1400.201 through 1400.206 of this part, with respect to a person who is a sharecropper, such person will be considered to be actively engaged in farming if the sharecropper meets the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) A sharecropper who elects to be considered actively engaged in farming under this section must:
(1) Make a significant contribution of active personal labor to the farming operation;
(2) Have a share of the profits or losses from the farming operation commensurate with such person's contribution to the operation; and
(3) Make a contribution to the farming operation that is at risk for a loss, with the level of risk being commensurate with such person's claimed share of the farming operation.