Linkage Requirement [Department of Agriculture] Law and Legal Definition
According to 7 CFR 400.651 [Title 7—Agriculture; Subtitle B -- Regulations of the Department of Agriculture; Chapter IV -- Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of Agriculture; Part 400 -- General Administrative Regulations; Subpart T -- Federal Crop Insurance Reform, Insurance Implementation], linkage requirement is “the legal requirement that a producer must obtain at least catastrophic risk protection coverage for any crop of economic significance as a condition of receiving benefits for such crop from certain other USDA programs in accordance with § 400.655, unless the producer executes a waiver of any eligibility for emergency crop loss assistance in connection with the crop.”
§ 400.655 - Eligibility for other program benefits:-
The producer must obtain at least catastrophic coverage for each crop of economic significance in the county in which the producer has an insurable share, if insurance is available in the county for the crop, unless the producer executes a waiver of any eligibility for emergency crop loss assistance in connection with the crop, to be eligible for:
(a) Benefits under the Agricultural Market Transition Act;
(b) Loans or any other USDA provided farm credit, including: guaranteed and direct farm ownership loans, operating loans, and emergency loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act provided after October 13, 1994; and
(c) Benefits under the Conservation Reserve Program derived from any new or amended application or contract executed after October 13, 1994.
Legal Definition list
- Linkage Requirement [Department of Agriculture]
- Link-in-chain Principle
- Lining-Out Stock
- Linguistic Universal
- Lingual Marks
- Linked Deposits
- Linux
- Liquefied Gas Tankship
- Liquefied Natural Gas Conversion
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Liquid Asset
