---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 761.210"
title: "7"
number: "761.210"
heading: "CL funds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/761.210"
---

# §761.210. CL funds.

- (a) The following applicants and conservation projects will receive priority for CL funding:
  - (1) Beginning farmer or socially disadvantaged farmer,
  - (2) An applicant who will use the loan funds to convert to a sustainable or organic agriculture production system as evidenced by one of the following:
    - (i) A conservation plan that states the applicant is moving toward a sustainable or organic production system, or
    - (ii) An organic plan, approved by a certified agent and the State organic certification program, or
    - (iii) A grant awarded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
  - (3) An applicant who will use the loan funds to build conservation structures or establish conservation practices to comply with [16 U.S.C. 3812](/usc/16/3812.md) (section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985) for highly erodible land.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 54013, Sept. 3, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 7 U.S.C. 1989.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 63285, Nov. 8, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 54013, Sept. 3, 2010]