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Agriculture, and who provide information to agricultural
producers and others.
County - Any county, parish, or other political subdivision
of a state shown on your accepted application, including
acreage in a field that extends into an adjoining county if
the county boundary is not readily discernible.
Coverage - The insurance provided by this policy, against
insured loss of production or value, by unit as shown on
your summary of coverage.
Coverage begins, date - The calendar date insurance
begins on the insured crop, as contained in the Crop
Provisions, or the date planting begins on the unit (see
section 11 of these Basic Provisions for specific provisions
relating to prevented planting).
Cover crop - A crop generally recognized by agricultural
experts as agronomically sound for the area for erosion
control or other purposes related to conservation or soil
improvement, unless otherwise specified in the Special
Provisions. A cover crop may be considered a second
crop (see the definition of “second crop”).
Crop Provisions - The part of the policy that contains the
specific provisions of insurance for each insured crop.
Crop year - The period within which the insured crop is
normally grown, regardless of whether or not it is actually
grown, and designated by the calendar year in which the
insured crop is normally harvested, unless otherwise
specified in the Crop Provisions.
Damage - Injury, deterioration, or loss of production of the
insured crop due to insured or uninsured causes.
Days - Calendar days.
Deductible - The amount determined by subtracting the
coverage level percentage you choose from 100 percent.
For example, if you elected a 65 percent coverage level,
your deductible would be 35 percent (100% - 65% = 35%).
Delinquent debt - Has the same meaning as the term
defined in 7 CFR part 400, subpart U.
Disinterested third party - A person that does not have
any familial relationship (parents, brothers, sisters,
children, spouse, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces,
nephews, first cousins, or grandparents, related by blood,
adoption or marriage, are considered to have a familial
relationship) with you or who will not benefit financially
from the sale of the insured crop. Persons who are
authorized to conduct quality analysis in accordance with
the Crop Provisions are considered disinterested third
parties unless there is a familial relationship.
Double crop - Producing two or more crops for harvest
on the same acreage in the same crop year.
Earliest planting date - The initial planting date contained
in the Special Provisions, which is the earliest date you
may plant an insured agricultural commodity and qualify
for a replanting payment if such payments are authorized
by the Crop Provisions.
End of insurance period, date of - The date upon which
(see Crop Provisions and section 11).
Enterprise unit - All insurable acreage of the same
insured crop or all insurable irrigated or non-irrigated
acreage of the same insured crop in the county in which
you have a share on the date coverage begins for the crop
year, provided the requirements of section 34 are met.
Field - All acreage of tillable land within a natural or
artificial boundary (e.g., roads, waterways, fences, etc.).
Different planting patterns or planting different crops do
not create separate fields.
Final planting date - The date contained in the Special
Provisions for the insured crop by which the crop must
initially be planted in order to be insured for the full
production guarantee or amount of insurance per acre.
First insured crop - With respect to a single crop year
and any specific crop acreage, the first instance that an
agricultural commodity is planted for harvest or prevented
from being planted and is insured under the authority of
the Act. For example, if winter wheat that is not insured is
planted on acreage that is later planted to soybeans that
are insured, the first insured crop would be soybeans. If
the winter wheat was insured, it would be the first insured
crop.
FSA - The Farm Service Agency, an agency of the USDA,
or a successor agency.
FSA farm number - The number assigned to the farm by
the local FSA office.
Generally recognized - When agricultural experts or
organic agricultural experts, as applicable, are aware of
the production method or practice and there is no genuine
dispute regarding whether the production method or
practice allows the crop to make normal progress toward
maturity and produce at least the yield used to determine
the production guarantee or amount of insurance.
Good farming practices - The production methods
utilized to produce the insured crop and allow it to make
normal progress toward maturity and produce at least the
yield used to determine the production guarantee or
amount of insurance, including any adjustments for late
planted acreage, which are those generally recognized by
agricultural experts or organic agricultural experts,
depending on the practice, for the area. We may, or you
may request us to, contact FCIC to determine if production
methods will be considered “good farming practices.”
Harvest price - A price determined in accordance with the
Commodity Exchange Price Provisions and used to value
production to count for revenue protection.
Harvest price exclusion - Revenue protection with the
use of the harvest price excluded when determining your
revenue protection guarantee. This election is continuous
unless canceled by the cancellation date.
Household - A domestic establishment including the
members of a family (parents, brothers, sisters, children,
spouse, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews,
first cousins, or grandparents, related by blood, adoption
or marriage, are considered to be family members) and
others who live under the same roof.
Insurable interest - Your percentage of the insured crop
that is at financial risk.
Insurable loss - Damage for which coverage is provided
under the terms of your policy, and for which you accept
an indemnity payment.
Insured - The named person as shown on the application
accepted by us. This term does not extend to any other
person having a share or interest in the crop (for example,
a partnership, landlord, or any other person) unless
specifically indicated on the accepted application.