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the conservation plan; and (3) provide technical assistance to
assist the owner or operator in carrying out the contract.
On December 31, 1987, petitioners signed a Form CRP-1,
Conservation Reserve Program Contract (the contract) to continue
the enrollment of the 62 acres2 in the CRP. The contract
provided for an annual rental rate of $43 per acre and was to be
effective until 1996. A representative of the CCC signed the
contract on February 3, 1988.
An appendix to the contract lists the eligibility
requirements for participation in the CRP. In pertinent part,
the appendix provides:
2 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
A In order for any person to be
eligible for payments under this
contract, such person must be an
owner or operator of eligible
cropland and --
* * * * * * *
(2) if an owner of eligible
cropland, must have owned such
cropland for not less than 3
years prior to the close of
the applicable period for
entering in Contracts with
CCC, unless:
* * * * * * *
(c) it is determined that the
new owner of such
2 There is evidence in the record that at some later time,
65.1 acres, rather than 62 acres, were placed in the CRP.
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