### Question
What does insurable commodity mean?


### Answer
**Insurable commodity** has the following meaning in *19 U.S.C. § 2497*:

> an agricultural commodity (excluding livestock) for which the producer on a farm is eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)

#### Citation:
  - *19 U.S.C. § 2497*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 12-TRADE ACT OF 1974 > SUBCHAPTER VIII-SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE**

