(a) To be an eligible producer, the producer must:
(1) Be a person, partnership, association, corporation, estate, trust, or other legal entity that produces an eligible commodity as a landowner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper, or in the case of rice, furnishes land, labor, water, or equipment for a share of the rice crop.
(2) Comply with all provisions of this part and, as applicable:
(i) 7 CFR part 12 - Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation;
(ii) 7 CFR part 707 - Payments Due Persons Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared Incompetent;
(iii) 7 CFR part 718 - Provisions Applicable to Multiple Programs;
(v) 7 CFR part 1400 - Payment Limitation & Payment Eligibility; and
(vii) 7 CFR part 1403 - Debt Settlement Policies and Procedures.
(b) A receiver or trustee of an insolvent or bankrupt debtor's estate, an executor or an administrator of a deceased person's estate, a guardian of an estate of a ward or an incompetent person, and trustees of a trust is considered to represent the insolvent or bankrupt debtor, the deceased person, the ward or incompetent, and the beneficiaries of a trust, respectively. The production of the receiver, executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee is considered to be the production of the person or estate represented by the receiver, executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee. On-Farm Storage Loss Program documents executed by any such person will be accepted by CCC only if they are legally valid and such person has the authority to sign the applicable documents.
(c) A minor who is otherwise an eligible producer is eligible to receive a program payment only if the minor meets one of the following requirements:
(1) The right of majority has been conferred on the minor by court proceedings or by statute;
(2) A guardian has been appointed to manage the minor's property and the applicable program documents are signed by the guardian;
(3) Any program application signed by the minor is cosigned by a person determined by the FSA county committee to be financially responsible; or
(e) A producer must meet the requirements of actively engaged in farming, cash rent tenant, and member contribution as specified in 7 CFR part 1400 to be eligible for program payments.