A Department employee may not participate, as a part of that employee's duties, in any of the following matters if that participation in any way affects the employee's farm, or a farm that directly competes for business with the employee's farm operation: Any contract with the Department; Any regulatory or enforcement action; Any Department program that controls, or in any way regulates the employee's farm operation; or Any matter that will have a direct and predictable effect on the employee's financial interest in the employee's farm operation, including such a matter involving: The employees' spouse, or immediate family; An outside employer or prospective employer of the employee; An organization in which the employee serves as an officer, director, or general partner; or Any person with whom the employee has or seeks a business, contractual, or other financial relationship.