§ 760.404 - Eligible livestock.

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To be considered eligible livestock for livestock owners, the kind of livestock must be alpacas, adult or non-adult dairy cattle, beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, elk, emus, equine, llamas, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, deer, or reindeer and meet all the conditions in paragraph (c) of this section.

To be considered eligible livestock for contract growers, the kind of livestock must be poultry or swine as defined in § 760.402 and meet all the conditions in paragraph (c) of this section.

To be considered eligible livestock for the purpose of generating payments under this subpart, livestock must meet all of the following conditions:

Died as a direct result of an eligible adverse weather event that occurred on or after January 1, 2008, and before October 1, 2011;

Died no later than 60 calendar days from the ending date of the applicable adverse weather event, but before November 30, 2011;

Died in the calendar year for which benefits are being requested;

Been maintained for commercial use as part of a farming operation on the day they died; and

Before dying, not have been produced or maintained for reasons other than commercial use as part of a farming operation, such non-eligible uses being understood to include, but not be limited to, any uses of wild, free roaming animals or use of the animals for recreational purposes, such as pleasure, hunting, roping, pets, or for show.

The following categories of animals owned by a livestock owner are eligible livestock and calculations of eligibility for payments will be calculated separately for each producer with respect to each category:

Adult beef bulls;

Adult beef cows;

Adult buffalo or beefalo bulls;

Adult buffalo or beefalo cows;

Adult dairy bulls;

Adult dairy cows;

Alpacas;

Chickens, broilers, pullets;

Chickens, chicks;

Chickens, layers, roasters;

Deer;

Ducks;

Ducks, ducklings;

Elk;

Emus;

Equine;

Geese, goose;

Geese, gosling;

Goats, bucks;

Goats, nannies;

Goats, kids;

Llamas;

Non-adult beef cattle;

Non-adult buffalo or beefalo;

Non-adult dairy cattle;

Reindeer;

Sheep, ewes;

Sheep, lambs;

Sheep, rams;

Swine, feeder pigs under 50 pounds;

Swine, sows, boars, barrows, gilts 50 to 150 pounds;

Swine, sows, boars, barrows, gilts over 150 pounds;

Turkeys, poults; and

Turkeys, toms, fryers, and roasters.

The following categories of animals are eligible livestock for contract growers and calculations of eligibility for payments will be calculated separately for each producer with respect to each category:

Chickens, broilers, pullets;

Chickens, layers, roasters;

Geese, goose;

Swine, boars, sows;

Swine, feeder pigs;

Swine, lightweight barrows, gilts;

Swine, sows, boars, barrows, gilts; and

Turkeys, toms, fryers, and roasters.