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 <P><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">INTRODUCTION</span></P>
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 <P>The Eligible Plant List and Plant Price Schedule, the Nursery Inventory Software, and the Nursery Appraisal Software are parts of the nursery crop insurance program provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).</P>
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 <P class="Body-Text-2" >The Eligible Plant List and Plant Price Schedule is used to:</P>
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 <P class="Body-Text-2" style="text-indent:-9.00pt;">  Determine the eligibility of nursery plants for insurance.</P>
 <P class="Body-Text-2" style="text-indent:-9.00pt;">  Assist in establishing the insurable nursery plant inventory value.</P>
 <P class="Body-Text-2" style="text-indent:-9.00pt;">  Determine the cold protection requirements in accordance the Nursery Crop Insurance Provisions.</P>
 <P class="Body-Text-2" style="text-indent:-9.00pt;">  Assist in establishing Field market value A and Field market value B for claim settlement in accordance with the Nursery Crop Insurance Provisions.</P>
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 <P>The Nursery Appraisal Software is designed to be used by an insurance adjuster to assemble an appraisal worksheet.  The worksheet provides the means to enter or import a plant list and perform the necessary calculations to aid in an appraisal.</P>
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