7 CFR § 1280.612 - Volume of production.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1280.612"
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title: "7 CFR § 1280.612 - Volume of production."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1280.612"
section_name: "Volume of production."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1280"
part_name: "LAMB PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION ORDER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 7411-7425 and 7 U.S.C. 7401."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 17857, Apr. 11, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1280.612 Volume of production.

(a) For producers and seedstock producers, the term *volume of production* means the total number of live domestic lambs owned and produced during the most recent calendar year.

(b) For feeders, *volume of production* means the total number of lambs owned and fed during the most recent calendar year.

(c) For first handlers, *volume of production* means the total number of lambs slaughtered during the most recent calendar year.