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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 29

Labor

Chapter V

Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor

Part 780

Exemptions Applicable to Agriculture, Processing of Agricultural Commodities, and Related Subjects Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Subpart C

Agriculture As It Relates To Specific Situations

• Section Number: 780.208
• Section Name: Forest and Christmas tree activities.

    Operations in a forest tree nursery such as seeding new beds and 
growing and transplanting forest seedlings are not farming operations. 
The planting, tending, and cutting of Christmas trees do not constitute 
farming operations. If such operations on forest products are within 
section 3(f), they must qualify under the second part of the definition 
dealing with incidental practices. (See Sec. 780.201.)