---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.126"
title: "38"
number: "21.126"
heading: "Farm cooperative course."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.126"
---

# §21.126. Farm cooperative course.

- (a) **Definition.** An approvable farm cooperative course is a full-time course designated to restore employability by training a veteran to:
  - (1) Operate a farm which he or she owns or leases; or
  - (2) **Manage a farm as the employee of another.**
- (b) **Reaching the goal of a farm cooperative course.** The farm cooperative course must enable a veteran to become proficient in the type of farming for which he or she is being provided rehabilitation services. The areas in which proficiency is to be established include:
  - (1) Planning;
  - (2) Producing;
  - (3) Marketing;
  - (4) Maintaining farm equipment;
  - (5) Conserving farm resources;
  - (6) Financing the farm;
  - (7) Managing the farm; and
  - (8) **Keeping farm and home accounts.**
- (c) **Instruction, including organized group instruction.** Instruction in a farm cooperative course may be by a mixture of organized group (classroom) instruction and individual instruction or by individual instruction alone. A course which includes organized group instruction must meet the following criteria to be considered as full-time:
  - (1) The number of clock hours of instruction which should be provided yearly shall meet the requirements of [§ 21.310(a)(4)](/cfr/38/21.310.md?p=a-4) and [§ 21.4264](/cfr/38/21.4264.md) pertaining to full-time pursuit of a farm cooperative course:
  - (2) The individual instructor portion of a farm cooperative course shall include at least 100 hours of individual instruction per year.
- (d) **Instruction given solely by an individual instructor.**
  - (1) Instruction in a farm cooperative course may be given solely by an individual instructor if organized group instruction is:
    - (i) Not available within reasonable commuting distance of the veteran's farm; or
    - (ii) The major portion of the organized group instruction that is available does not have a direct relation to the veteran's farming operation and pertinent VA records are fully and clearly documented accordingly.
  - (2) **To be considered full-time pursuit the individual instruction provided in these course must—**
    - (i) Consist of at least 200 hours of instruction per year;
    - (ii) Be given by a fully qualified individual instructor by contract between VA and the instructor or an educational agency which employs the instructor.
- (e) **Plan requirements for farm operator or farm manager.**
  - (1) The plan for training developed by the case manager and the veteran in collaboration with the instructor must include:
    - (i) A complete written survey including but not limited to the areas identified in § [21.298 (a)](/cfr/38/21.298.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/38/21.298.md?p=b);
    - (ii) An overall, long-term plan based upon the survey of the operation of the farm;
    - (iii) An annual plan identifying the part of the overall plan to be implemented which will be prepared before the beginning of each crop year; and
    - (iv) A detailed individual training program showing the kind and amount of instruction, classroom and individual, or individual; and
  - (2) The farm must meet the requirements for selecting a farm found in [§ 21.298](/cfr/38/21.298.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984; 50 FR 9622, Mar. 11, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 18, 31, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984; 50 FR 9622, Mar. 11, 1985]