---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 780.614"
title: "29"
number: "780.614"
heading: "Definition of a farmer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/780.614"
---

# §780.614. Definition of a farmer.


The Act does not define the term “farmer.” Whether an employer is a “farmer” within the meaning of [section 13(b)(13)](/cfr/29/13.md?p=b-13) must be determined by consideration of the particular facts, keeping in mind the purpose of the exemption. A full discussion of the meaning of the term “farmer” as used in the Act's definition of agriculture is contained in [§§ 780.130 through 780.133](/cfr/29/780.130..780.133.md). Generally, as indicated in that discussion, a farmer under the Act is one who engages, as an occupation, in farming operations as a distinct activity for the purpose of producing a farm crop. A corporation or a farmers' cooperative may be a “farmer” if engaged in actual farming of the nature and extent there indicated.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 75 Stat. 65; 29 U.S.C. 201-219. Pub. L. 105-78, 111 Stat. 1467.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 12084, June 17, 1972, unless otherwise noted.