Johnson, James B.Smith, Vincent H.Hewlett, John P.2019-04-032019-04-032016-08Policy Paper 51: Risk Management for Specialty Crop and Specialty Livestock Operations through Farm Service Agency Programs and Risk Management Agency Products, James B. Johnson, Vincent H. Smith, John P. Hewlett (University of Wyoming), August 2016https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/15393Two questions are central to understanding producer options for risk management and other government programs related to specialty crops and specialty livestock operations. First: what is a specialty crop? Second: what is a specialty livestock operation? Each of these terms has a legal or administrative definition and a common usage definition. We begin by examining the definition and use of the term specialty crop:enOther