29 CFR § 780.210 Exemptions Applicable to Agriculture, Processing of Agricultural Commodities, and Related Subjects Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

§ 780.210 The typical hatchery operations constitute “agriculture.”

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As stated in § 780.127, the typical hatchery is engaged in “agriculture,” whether in a rural or city location. Where the hatchery is engaged solely in procuring eggs for hatching, performing the hatching operations, and selling the chicks, all the employees including office and maintenance workers are engaged in agriculture (see Miller Hatcheries v. Boyer, 131 F. 2d 283).

← § 780.209 Packing, storage, warehousing, and sale of nursery products.§ 780.211 Contract production of hatching eggs. →