Performance on a farm of any practice that may be incidental to farming operations will not constitute agriculture if the practice is performed upon any commodities that have been produced elsewhere than on such farm. With respect to all practices that are performed on products, such as packing, storing, or selling at retail, and for which an agricultural exemption is sought, the practices must be performed only on the products produced or raised by the particular farmer or on the particular farm. Employers are prohibited from displacing employees in order to hire youth at the subminimum wage. Also prohibited are partial displacements such as reducing employees' hours, wages, or employment benefits. A farmer who provides an employee with certain noncash goods and services can deduct the reasonable fair market value of the items from the employee's wages and consider it part of the minimum wage.
Examples are board, lodging, and meals.
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