(1) Steps in the agricultural classification process include the use of the:

(a) USDA Farm Service Administration (FSA) field delineations, called line work, for initial identification of general agricultural land use;

(b) initial internal desktop land use classification, using the criteria for each agricultural land use;

(c) on-site field reviews, operator interviews, and inspection by local department appraisal staff;

(d) producer responses to photomaps mailed to all individual operators; and

(e) digitally identifying each producer's agricultural land use in a Geographic Information System (GIS).