(a) To be eligible for payments under this part the producer must have suffered a loss of revenue due to the Oriental fruit fly quarantine of one or more of the following types:
- (1) Revenue loss on crop(s) planted or prevented from being planted within the Oriental Fruit Fly quarantine area during the OFF quarantine period. Crops that suffered a revenue loss due to prevented planting must have a prior history of being planted or be able to provide verifiable or reliable documentation demonstrating legitimate intent to plant the crop during the OFF quarantine period;
- (2) Pre or post-harvest treatment costs;
- (3) Transportation costs to a post-harvest treatment facility;
- (4) Crop quality loss;
- (5) Crop spoilage;
- (6) Crop drop; or
- (7) Reduced post-harvest shelf life.
(b) An ineligible cause of revenue loss under this part will apply to the following:
- (1) Losses determined by FSA to be the result of poor management decisions or poor farming practices, such as using non-optimal chemical application, over-tilling, monoculture (growing of same crop year after year), allowing soil erosion, nonoptimal planting time, or poor quality seed selection.
- (2) Losses due to conditions or events occurring outside of the applicable growing season for the crop.
- (3) Losses due to failure of a power supply or lack of irrigation.
- (4) Losses to crops not intended for harvest.
- (5) Losses to home gardens for personal use and not intended to market.
- (6) Losses to non-fruit bearing ornamental nursery.
- (7) Losses caused by theft.
- (8) Losses caused by disease or pest infestation other than the Oriental fruit fly.
- (9) Losses to purchased crops.