7 CFR § 1465.1 - Purposes and applicability.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1465.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 1465.1 - Purposes and applicability."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1465.1"
section_name: "Purposes and applicability."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1465"
part_name: "AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1524(b)."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 64595, Dec. 8, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1465"
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# 1465.1 Purposes and applicability.
Through the Agricultural Management Assistance program (AMA), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides financial assistance funds annually to producers in 16 statutorily designated States to: Construct or improve water management structures or irrigation structures; plant trees to form windbreaks or to improve water quality; and mitigate risk through production diversification or resource conservation practices including soil erosion control, integrated pest management, or the transition to organic farming. AMA is applicable in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.