{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-780.324","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 780.324","heading":"Requirements for the exemption to apply.","body":"(a) All the following conditions must be met in order for the exemption to apply to an employee:\n(1) He must be “engaged in agriculture”;\n(2) Be “principally engaged”;\n(3) On the “range”, and\n(4) In the “production of livestock.”\n(b) Since the raising of livestock is included in the definition of agriculture under section 3(f) of the Act (see §§ 780.119-780.121 of subpart B of this part), the range production of livestock would normally be deemed agriculture work, and, consequently, an employee, during this time he is engaged in such activities, would meet the basic requirement of the exemption that he be “employed in agriculture.”\nThe following sections discuss the meaning and application of the other requirements.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER B—STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS","PART 780—EXEMPTIONS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURE, PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AND RELATED SUBJECTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT","Subpart D—Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6)"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"97aa934160f859752574799daa05705580f7d7e70227d42e4b1e239923b634eb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-780.323","next":"us/29-cfr-780.325"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}