### Question
What is the definition of beginning farmer or rancher?


### Answer
The definition of **beginning farmer or rancher** is as follows in *7 U.S.C. § 1522*:

> a farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 10 crop years

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1522*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 36-CROP INSURANCE > SUBCHAPTER I-FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE**

