Farm unit definition

Farm unit means all parcels of land which are certified by the commission pursuant to rule as meeting all of the following requirements:
Farm unit means a single contiguous tract of agricultural land, or two or more adjacent tracts of agricultural land, located within a single soil and water conservation district, upon which farming operations are being conducted by a person who owns or is purchasing or renting all of the land, or by that person’s tenant or tenants. If a landowner has multiple farm tenants, the land on which farming operations are being conducted by each tenant is a separate farm unit. This definition does not prohibit land which is within a single soil and water conservation district and is owned or being purchased by the same person, or is being rented by the same tenant, from being treated as two or more farm units if the commissioners of the soil and water conservation district deem it preferable to do so.
Farm unit means parcels of land which are certified by the Commission as being in tracts of two or more contiguous acres, operated as a unit for agricultural purposes, and under the lawful control of the owner or the tenant.186

Examples of Farm unit in a sentence

  • Farm unit conservation plan shall mean a plan jointly developed by the owner and, if appropriate, the operator of a farm unit and the district within which the farm unit is located based upon the determined conservation needs for the farm unit and identifying the soil and water conservation practices which may be expected to prevent soil loss by erosion from that farm unit in excess of the applicable soil-loss limit.

  • Farm unit conservation plan means a plan jointly developed by the owner and, if appropriate, the operator of a farm unit and the district within which the farm unit is located based upon the determined conservation needs for the farm unit and identifying the soil and water conservation practices which may be expected to prevent soil loss by erosion from that farm unit in excess of the applicable soil-loss tolerance level.

  • Farm unit composition changes will then be reflected within the FUFP.

  • The Property Manager will use his/her judgment in assessing observed rule or regulation violations to protect the interests of all North Farm unit owners.

  • The site is accessed by an existing farm access taken off Morthen Road which comprises a metalled roadway shared between the existing Parkcliff Farm unit which contains 2 No. bungalows (Nos 1 & 2) and associated agricultural storage buildings and Millstone Farm (a dwelling and agricultural grain store).


More Definitions of Farm unit

Farm unit means two or more accounts combined by common landowners. “GKGSA” means Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
Farm unit means the land and amount of water allocated to Water User under a duly executed agricultural water subcontract between the Water User and MVIDD;
Farm unit means a single property owned, leased or share farmed by the Grower with a group of cotton Fields that are either connected or separated by no more than two kilometres;
Farm unit is defined in Iowa Code section 161A.42 to mean a single contiguous tract of agricultural land, or two or more adjacent tracts of agricultural land, located within a single district, upon which farming operations are being conducted by a person who owns or is purchasing or renting all of such land, or by a tenant or tenants. If a landowner has multiple farm tenants, the land on which farming operations are being conducted by each tenant shall constitute a separate farm unit. This definition does not prohibit land which is within a single district and is owned or being purchased by the same person, or is being rented by the same tenant, from being treated as two or more farm units if the commissioners of the district deem it preferable to do so.
Farm unit means all of the area watered by an irrigation system connected to one or more wells.
Farm unit means any irrigated lands under the control and management of a Farm Operator identified to Subdistrict staff through the Farm Unit Update process.
Farm unit means those units as described in the public notice for reclamation of homestead entry as issued by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Each farm unit equals one "farm ownership". Further subdivision of an original farm unit with different landowners will create additional "farm ownerships". Therefore the term "farm ownership" is defined as the original subdivision of project lands into farm units and subsequent subdivisions thereof where one owner does not hold the subdivided parcels.