43 CFR § 428.3 - Definitions used in this part.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s428.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 428.3 - Definitions used in this part."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "428.3"
section_name: "Definitions used in this part."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "428"
part_name: "INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FARM OPERATIONS IN EXCESS OF 960 ACRES AND THE ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN FORMERLY EXCESS LAND"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 553; 16 U.S.C. 590z-11; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 32 Stat. 388, as amended."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 4324, Jan. 26, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "428"
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# 428.3 Definitions used in this part.
*Custom service provider* means an individual or legal entity that provides one specialized, farm-related service that a farm owner, lessee, sublessee, or farm operator employs for agreed-upon payments. This includes, for example, crop dusters, custom harvesters, grain haulers, and any other such services.
*Farm operator* means an individual or legal entity other than the owner, lessee, or sublessee that performs any portion of the farming operation. This includes farm managers, but does not include spouses, minor children, employees for whom the employer pays social security taxes, or custom service providers.
*We* or *us* means the Bureau of Reclamation.
*You* means a farm operator.