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 such a case the value of the "excess" fruit sold in the secondary market is deducted from the 



payment the producer receives for eligible losses in the primary market. I've included an 



example for your review. 



Nursery crops include plants, trees, and shrubs that are container grown or are for sale as 

 transplants. Producers of nursery crops intended for sale in the applicable disaster year are 

 eligible for crop-loss assistance if all other eligibility requirements are met. Such producers 

 are not eligible if they were not for sale in the applicable disaster year. Owners of nursery 

 trees and plants that were destroyed regardless of when they were intended for sale may be 

 eligible for tree assistance program (TAP) cost-share benefits if the producer chooses to 

 replace or rehabilitate such trees or plants. I'll discuss TAP in greater detail later. 



As you know, many nursery crops come in containers. A nursery crop may come in 

 different container sizes, each carrying a different price. Also, similar nursery crops having 

 the same container sizes may carry similar prices, or they may have different prices. 

 Clearly, there are a large variety of plants, container sizes, and prices. Because of this, we 

 have attempted to standardize the common units of production to determine expected and 

 actual production as a basis of determining if eligible losses have occurred. 



Our State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) committees, with assistance 

 from the nursery industry, divide nursery crops into groupings containing species with like 

 value, yield, and hardiness, determine species that cannot be grouped with other species, and 



