§ 1416.601 - Eligibility requirements.

(a) Commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers are eligible for assistance for inventory losses for each nursery or fernery operation and clean-up costs. For a nursery to be considered a commercial nursery, it must be certified by the appropriate state agency. Eligible producers include producers of the following types of nursery stock and such stock as announced by CCC:

(1) Deciduous shrubs, broadleaf evergreens, coniferous evergreens, shade and flowering trees.

(2) Stock for use as propagation in a commercial ornamental nursery operation.

(3) Fruit or nut seedlings grown for sale as seed stock for commercial orchard operations growing fruit or nuts.

(b) Eligible nursery inventory does not include:

(1) Edible varieties.

(2) Plants produced for reforestation purposes or for the purpose of producing a crop for which RMA does not provide insurance, or for which CCC does not provide assistance under NAP.

(c) Losses will be determined on an individual-nursery basis. Production loss from one nursery will not be offset by production from another nursery operated by the same applicant.