---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 756.6"
title: "7"
number: "756.6"
heading: "Eligible and ineligible causes of revenue loss."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/756.6"
---

# §756.6. Eligible and ineligible causes of revenue loss.

- (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.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 778, Pub. L. 116-6, 133 Stat. 91.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 70699, Dec. 13, 2021, unless otherwise noted.