---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 718.105"
title: "7"
number: "718.105"
heading: "Tolerances and adjustments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/718.105"
---

# §718.105. Tolerances and adjustments.

- (a) Tolerance is the amount by which the determined acreage for a crop may differ from the reported acreage or allotment for the crop and still be considered in compliance with program requirements under §§ [718.102(b)(1)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-1), [(b)(3)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-3) and [(b)(5)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-5).
- (b) Tolerance rules apply to those fields for which a staking and referencing was performed but such acreage was not planted according to those measurements or when a measurement service is not requested for acreage destroyed to meet program requirements.
- (c) **Tolerance rules do not apply to—**
  - (1) Program requirements of §§ [718.102(b)(2)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-2), [(b)(4)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-4) and [(b)(6)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-6);
  - (2) Official fields upon which the entire field is devoted to one crop;
  - (3) Those fields for which staking and referencing was performed and such acreage was planted according to those measurements; or
  - (4) The adjusted acreage for farms using measurement after planting which have a determined acreage greater than the marketing quota crop allotment.
- (d) If the acreage report for a crop is outside the tolerance for that crop:
  - (1) FSA may consider the requirements of §§ [718.102 (b)(1)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-1), [(b)(3)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-3) and [(b)(5)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-5) not to have been met;
  - (2) Participants may be ineligible for all or a portion of payments or benefits subject to the requirements of §§ [718.102 (b)(1)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-1), [(b)(3)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-3) and [(b)(5)](/cfr/7/718.102.md?p=b-5); and
  - (3) Participants may be ineligible for all or a portion of payments or benefits under a program that requires accurate crop acreage reports under rules governing the program.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 16176, Apr. 3, 2003, as amended at 80 FR 41996, July 16, 2015; 84 FR 45887, Sept. 3, 2019]

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16176, Apr. 3, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1501-1531, 1921-2008v, 7201-7334, and 15 U.S.C. 714b.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 37552, July 18, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 16176, Apr. 3, 2003, as amended at 80 FR 41996, July 16, 2015; 84 FR 45887, Sept. 3, 2019]