[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1437.4]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1437_NONINSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 1437.4  Eligibility.

    (a) Noninsured crop disaster assistance is available for loss of 
production or prevented planting of eligible commercial crops or other 
agricultural commodities:
    (1) Planted during the planting period, which means the time during 
which a majority of the crop is normally planted in the area, as 
determined by CCC, and is considered timely-planted for NAP purposes;
    (2) Prevented from being planted during the planting period;
    (3) Planted during the late planting period, which means the time 
after the planting period, during which certain crops, as determined by 
CCC, may be

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planted and remain eligible for reduced NAP coverage; and
    (4) Determined by CCC to be eligible crops:
    (i) For which catastrophic coverage is not available; or
    (ii) For specific perils not included under available catastrophic 
coverage.
    (b) When other conditions are met, NAP may be available for an 
eligible loss of:
    (1) Any commercial crop grown for food, excluding livestock and 
their by-products;
    (2) Any commercial crop planted and grown for livestock consumption, 
including but not limited to grain and forage crops; except for the 2001 
and preceding crop years assistance for forage produced on Federal- and 
State-owned lands is available only for seeded forage.
    (3) Any commercial crop grown for fiber, excluding trees grown for 
wood, paper, or pulp products; and
    (4) Any commercial production of:
    (i) Aquacultural species (including ornamental fish);
    (ii) Floricultural crops;
    (iii) Ornamental nursery plants;
    (iv) Christmas tree crops;
    (v) Turfgrass sod;
    (vi) Industrial crops;
    (vii) Seed crops, including propagation stock such as non-ornamental 
seedlings, sets, cuttings, rootstock, and others, as determined by CCC; 
and
    (viii) Sea grass and sea oats.

[67 FR 12448, Mar. 19, 2002, as amended at 67 FR 62324, Oct. 7, 2002; 71 
FR 13742, Mar. 17, 2006]