§ 701.19 - Special provisions for low-income farmers and ranchers.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 701.13(c), the county committee may approve, in the case of low-income farmers and ranchers as defined in this section, level of cost-sharing of up to 80 percent of the average cost of performing practices.

(b) A low-income farmer or rancher is one who, as determined by the county committee, is a small producer whose livelihood is largely dependent on the farm or ranch and whose prospective income and financial resources for the current year are such that the farmer or rancher could not reasonably be expected to perform needed conservation practices at levels of cost-sharing applicable to other persons in the county.

(c) In approving requests for cost-sharing the county committee shall give special consideration to requests filed by low-income farmers and ranchers.