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Petitioners submitted a completed Farm Operating Plan form
each year of the CRP contract to the Cascade County ASCS. As a
representative example, petitioners submitted to the Court their
completed Farm Operating Plan form for the year 1996. In
response to question 13.A. on the form, “What estimated percent
or hours of active personal management do you provide?”,
petitioners indicated “100%”. Petitioners also indicated that
they owned 100 percent of the equipment used in the farming
operation.
The Cascade County ASCS made an annual review of the
information provided by petitioners in their Farm Operating Plan
forms and issued what petitioners termed a “farm status
determination” each year. As a representative example,
petitioners submitted to the Court the farm status determination
they received from the Cascade County ASCS on May 6, 1992, which
states:
The Cascade County ASC Committee has completed its
review of your farm operating plan for 1992.
Based on the information submitted, the committee
determined that you are actively engaged in a farming
operation as an individual, separate and apart from any
other individual or entity. It also understands that
you are separately responsible for your interest in the
operation.
Based on these findings, the Committee has determined
that you are one “person” for payment limitation
purposes, separate and distinct from any other
individual or entity.
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