(a) To be considered eligible covered livestock for ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW payments, livestock must meet all the following conditions:

(1) Be grazing animals such as adult or non-adult beef cattle, adult or non-adult beefalo, adult or non-adult buffalo or bison, adult or non-adult dairy cattle, alpacas, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, ostriches, reindeer, or sheep;

(2) Be livestock that, as of the beginning date of the qualifying disaster event, were physically located in the county in which the qualifying disaster event occurred, or normally would have been physically located, in the absence of the qualifying disaster event on or after the disaster event; or were livestock physically relocated from the county due to the imminent threat of the qualifying flood or qualifying wildfire occurring.

(3) Be livestock that, on the beginning date of the qualifying disaster event, the eligible livestock producer:

(i) Owned;

(ii) Leased;

(iii) Purchased;

(iv) Entered into a contract to purchase; or

(v) Was a contract grower of; and

(4) Been livestock produced or maintained for commercial use or be livestock that is produced and maintained for producing livestock products for commercial use, such as milk from dairy, as part of the contract grower's or livestock owner's farming operation on the beginning date of the qualifying flood or qualifying wildfire;

(b) The covered livestock categories are:

(1) Adult beef cattle cows and bulls;

(2) Adult dairy cows and bulls;

(3) Adult buffalo, beefalo, bison cows and bulls (includes water buffalo);

(4) Alpacas;

(5) Deer;

(6) Elk;

(7) Emu;

(8) Equine;

(9) Goats;

(10) Llamas;

(11) Non-adult beef cattle;

(12) Non-adult dairy cattle;

(13) Non-adult beefalo, buffalo, or bison (includes water buffalo);

(14) Ostriches;

(15) Reindeer; and

(16) Sheep.

(c) Livestock that are not covered include, but are not limited to:

(1) Livestock that were or would have been in a feedlot, on the beginning date of the qualifying disaster event, as a part of the normal business operation of the eligible livestock producer, as determined by the Secretary;

(2) Ineligible livestock, or livestock that do not meet the definition of grazing animals;

(3) Yaks;

(4) Poultry;

(5) Swine;

(6) Unweaned livestock or animals not meeting the definition of a grazing animal;

(7) Any wild free roaming livestock, including horses and deer; and

(8) Livestock produced or maintained for reasons other than commercial use as part of a farming operation. Such excluded uses include, but are not limited to:

(i) Racing or wagering;

(ii) Hunting; and

(iii) Consumption by owner.