Qualifying losses, eligible causes and types of loss.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Eligible causes of loss are disasters which cause types of losses where the crop could not be planted or where crop production was adversely affected in quantity, quality, or both. A qualifying loss, as defined in this subpart, must be the result of a disaster. (b) A loss will not be considered a qualifying loss if any of the following apply: (1) The cause of the loss was not the result of disaster; (2) The cause of loss was due to poor management decisions or poor farming practices, as determined by the FSA county committee on a case-by-case basis; (3) The cause of loss was due to failure of the participant to re-seed or replant to the same crop in a county where it is customary to re-seed or replant after a loss before the final planting date; (4) The cause of loss was due to water contained or released by any governmental, public, or private dam or reservoir project if an easement exists on the acreage affected by the containment or release of the water; (5) The cause of loss was due to conditions or events occurring outside of the applicable crop year growing season; or (6) The cause of loss was due to a brownout. (c) The following types of loss, regardless of whether they were the result of a disaster, are not qualifying losses: (1) Losses to crops not intended for harvest in the applicable crop year; (2) Losses of by-products resulting from processing or harvesting a crop, such as, but not limited to, cotton seed, peanut shells, wheat or oat straw, or corn stalks or

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 760.611