Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appellant's holding qualified as an independently managed farm eligible for direct payments.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The evidence did not prove that the appellant operated the farm on his own account and at his own risk, independently of the other farm unit, by the relevant date.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court relied on the overall evidence, including the accounting, livestock records, late-added sales entries, dependence on the partnership's operations, and the lack of convincing proof of independent management.