- actual production history yield
means the weighted average of the actual production history for each insurable commodity or noninsurable commodity, as calculated under subchapter I or the noninsured crop disaster assistance program, respectively.
- actual production on the farm
means the sum of the value of all crops produced on the farm, as determined under subsection (b)(6)(B).
- additional coverage
means a plan of crop insurance coverage providing a level of coverage greater than the level available under catastrophic risk protection.
- adequately served
means having a participation rate, by crop, that is at least 50 percent of the national average participation rate.
- adjusted actual production history yield
means—
- adjusted noninsured crop disaster assistance program yield
means—
- approved insurance provider
means a private insurance provider that has been approved by the Corporation to provide insurance coverage to producers participating in the Federal crop insurance program established under this subchapter.
- beginning farmer or rancher
means a farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 10 crop years, as determined by the Secretary.
- Board
means the Board of Directors of the Corporation established under section 1505(a) of this title.
- Corporation
means the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation established under section 1503 of this title.
- counter-cyclical program payment yield
means the weighted average payment yield established under—
- cover crop termination
means a practice that historically and under reasonable circumstances results in the termination of the growth of a cover crop.
- covered livestock
means livestock of an eligible livestock producer that, during the 60 days prior to the beginning date of a qualifying drought or fire condition, as determined by the Secretary, the eligible livestock producer—
- Department
means the United States Department of Agriculture.
- disaster county
means a county included in the geographic area covered by a qualifying natural disaster declaration.
- drought monitor
means a system for classifying drought severity according to a range of abnormally dry to exceptional drought, as defined by the Secretary.
- eligible livestock producer
means an eligible producer on a farm that—
- eligible orchardist
means a person that produces annual crops from trees for commercial purposes.
- eligible producer on a farm
means an individual or entity described in subparagraph (B) that, as determined by the Secretary, assumes the production and market risks associated with the agricultural production of crops or livestock.
- eligible State
means a State in which, with respect to an insurance year, the loss ratio for eligible contracts is greater than 120 percent of the total net book premium written by all approved insurance providers.
- farm
means, in relation to an eligible producer on a farm, all bees and beehives in all counties that are intended to be harvested for a honey crop for sale by the eligible producer.
- farm financial benchmarking
means—
- farm-raised fish
means any aquatic species that is propagated and reared in a controlled environment.
- field
means the environment in which the commodity is produced.
- first crop
means the first crop of the first agricultural commodity planted for harvest, or prevented from being planted, on specific acreage during a crop year and insured under this subchapter.
- hemp
has the meaning given the term in section 1639o of this title.
- immediate family
means an individual’s father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandparent, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, the spouse of the foregoing, and the individual’s spouse.
- insurable commodity
means an agricultural commodity (excluding livestock) for which the producer on a farm is eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under subchapter I.
- livestock
includes, but is not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry.
- livestock commodity
includes cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry, including pasture, rangeland, and forage as a source of feed for that livestock.
- loss ratio
means the ratio of all sums paid by the Corporation as indemnities under any eligible crop insurance policy to that portion of the premium designated for anticipated losses and a reasonable reserve, other than that portion of the premium designated for operating and administrative expenses.
- native sod
means land—
- natural disaster
means plant disease, insect infestation, drought, fire, freeze, flood, earthquake, lightning, or other occurrence, as determined by the Secretary.
- noninsurable commodity
means a crop for which the eligible producers on a farm are eligible to obtain assistance under the noninsured crop assistance program.
- noninsured crop assistance program
means the program carried out under section 7333 of this title.
- normal production on the farm
means the sum of the expected revenue for all crops on the farm, as determined under subsection (b)(6)(A).
- nursery tree grower
means a person who produces nursery, ornamental, fruit, nut, or Christmas trees for commercial sale, as determined by the Secretary.
- organic crop
means an agricultural commodity that is organically produced consistent with section 6502 of this title.
- policy
means a policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.
- qualifying natural disaster declaration
means a natural disaster declared by the Secretary for production losses under section 1961(a) of this title.
- replanted crop
means any agricultural commodity replanted on the same acreage as the first crop for harvest in the same crop year if the replanting is required by the terms of the policy of insurance covering the first crop.
- second crop
means a second crop of the same agricultural commodity as the first crop, or a crop of a different agricultural commodity following the first crop, planted on the same acreage as the first crop for harvest in the same crop year, except the term does not include a replanted crop.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Agriculture.
- socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher
has the meaning given the term in section 2279(e) 1 of this title.
- State
means—
- substantial beneficial interest
means not less than 5 percent of all beneficial interests in the policyholder.
- transitional yield
means the maximum average production per acre or equivalent measure that is assigned to acreage for a crop year by the Corporation in accordance with the regulations of the Corporation whenever the producer fails—
- tree
includes a tree, bush, and vine.
- Trust Fund
means the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund established under section 2497a of title 19.
- underserved producer
means an individual (including a member of an Indian Tribe) that is—
- veteran farmer or rancher
means a farmer or rancher who—