7 CFR § 774.2 - Definitions.

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title: "7 CFR § 774.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "774.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROGRAMS"
part_number: "774"
part_name: "EMERGENCY LOAN FOR SEED PRODUCERS PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Pub. L. 106-224"
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# 774.2 Definitions.

As used in this part, the following definitions apply:

*Agency* is the Farm Service Agency, its employees, and any successor agency.

*Applicant* is the individual or business entity applying for the loan.

*Business entity* is a corporation, partnership, joint operation, trust, limited liability company, or cooperative.

*Domestically owned enterprise* is an entity organized in the United States under the law of the state or states in which the entity operates and a majority of the entity is owned by members meeting the citizenship test.

*False information* is information provided by an applicant, borrower or other source to the Agency that the borrower knows to be incorrect, and that the borrower or other source provided in order to obtain benefits for which the borrower would not otherwise have been eligible.

*Seed producer* is a farmer that produced a 1999 crop of grass, forage, vegetable, or sorghum seed for sale to AgriBiotech under contract.