Starting with the 2026 crop year Nursery Value Select (NVS) will replace the Nursery Field Grown and Container (FG&C) crop insurance program. Nursery FG&C will no longer be available for producers to purchase after the 2025 crop year.

Under NVS, there are two sets of program dates, depending on location:

Under Nursery FG&C, one set of program dates apply to all states and counties:

Based on the differences in program dates for NVS and Nursery FG&C, producers who purchase NVS for the 2026 crop year in counties with a 9/1 SCD will encounter a lapse in coverage from June 1 through September 30, 2025, if they have coverage under Nursery FG&C for the 2025 crop year.

As a result, for the 2025 crop year, per Product Management Bulletin – PM-25-022, producers may purchase pro-rated NVS coverage for the remainder of the 2025 crop year to avoid a lapse in coverage between the end of the 2025 Nursery FG&C crop year and the beginning of the 2026 NVS crop year. For example, to have NVS coverage attach on June 1, 2025, producers must submit the required, acceptable documentation by May 1, 2025. Premium will be prorated based on the time remaining in the crop year.