Crops |
Insured Acres |
Total Acres |
Percent Insured |
Alfalfa Seed |
17,808 |
19,535 |
91% |
Almonds |
839,685 |
1,090,000 |
77% |
Apples |
3,772 |
12,500 |
30% |
Avocados |
31,309 |
47,000 |
67% |
Barley |
27,180 |
34,828 |
78% |
Blueberries |
5,005 |
6,000 |
83% |
Cherries |
29,360 |
39,794 |
74% |
Citrus – 7 types of fruit |
232,961 |
267,000 |
87% |
Grapefruit – No Type Specified |
6,727 |
9,000 |
75% |
Lemons – No Type Specified |
39,631 |
47,000 |
84% |
Tangelos-Minneola/Honeybell |
5,103 |
281 |
N/A |
Oranges (Navel, Sweet, Valencia) |
132,093 |
147,000 |
90% |
Mandarins/Tangerines |
49,407 |
64,000 |
77% |
Corn |
140,195 |
420,290 |
33% |
Cotton & ELS Cotton |
232,969 |
260,000 |
90% |
Beans (Dry) |
18,896 |
21,133 |
89% |
Figs |
4,905 |
6,700 |
73% |
Forage Production |
64,807 |
80,000 |
81% |
Grapes (Table) |
76,278 |
121,000 |
63% |
Grapes (Wine) |
452,263 |
590,000 |
77% |
Grain Sorghum |
845 |
4,402 |
19% |
Mint |
407 |
1,600 |
25% |
Oats |
955 |
4,398 |
22% |
Olives |
23,232 |
37,500 |
62% |
Onions |
26,358 |
50,000 |
53% |
Pears |
7,970 |
10,700 |
74% |
Pecans |
1,314 |
2,816 |
47% |
Pistachios |
174,945 |
178,765 |
98% |
Potatoes |
22,777 |
40,000 |
57% |
Prunes |
37,906 |
44,000 |
86% |
Rice |
565,747 |
496,000 |
N/A |
Rice (Cultivated Wild) |
9,749 |
3,527 |
N/A |
Safflower |
9,390 |
57,000 |
16% |
Stonefruit (Includes Plums) |
59,603 |
104,329 |
57% |
Apricots |
2,206 |
9,600 |
23% |
Processing Apricots |
1,721 |
39 |
N/A |
Peaches |
18,267 |
36,000 |
51% |
Processing Freestone |
2,274 |
20,000 |
11% |
Fresh Nectarines |
13,530 |
14,000 |
97% |
Plums |
10,738 |
14,000 |
77% |
Cling Peaches |
10,868 |
16,000 |
68% |
Strawberries |
66 |
766 |
9% |
Sugar Beets |
13,290 |
21,727 |
61% |
Tomatoes (Fresh) |
6,849 |
25,000 |
27% |
Tomatoes (Processing) |
230,566 |
241,000 |
96% |
Triticale |
6,772 |
11,068 |
61% |
Walnuts |
180,569 |
204,774 |
88% |
Wheat |
104,463 |
143,278 |
73% |
Crop Pilot Program |
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Program |
County Availability |
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Caneberries |
Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura |
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Cherries |
Butte, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Placer, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare and Yuba Counties |
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Citrus (Actual Rev Hist)- Navels |
Fresno, Kern, Madera, and Tulare Counties |
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PRF (Rainfall Index) |
All Counties |
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Olives |
Butte, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Tehama, Kern, Madera, San Joaquin, Shasta, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Yolo |
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Pistachios |
Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, Yuba Counties |
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Strawberries |
Fresno, Merced, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura |
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Whole Farm Revenue Protection |
All Counties |
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Dollar Liability Program |
Total Dollar Liability |
|||||
Apiculture (Rainfall Index) |
$63,520,253 |
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Forage Seeding |
$1,539,683 |
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Livestock Gross Margin Diary |
$738,531,247 |
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Livestock Risk Protection Feeder Cattle and Lamb |
$412,874 |
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Nursery |
$141,639,021 |
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Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (Rainfall Index) |
$108,828,371 |
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Raisins |
$18,184,806 |
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Whole Farm Revenue Protection |
$293,468,192 |
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15 Year Crop Insurance History for California | ||||||
Year |
Policies Earning Premium |
Net Acres Insured |
Liability |
Gross Premium |
Losses |
Loss Ratio |
2005 |
24,859 |
3,818,813 |
3,317,832,621 |
186,995,411 |
92,497,107 |
0.55 |
2006 |
24,490 |
3,732,668 |
3,658,867,941 |
186,617,268 |
88,506,353 |
0.47 |
2007 |
24,207 |
3,780,829 |
3,708,288,115 |
187,455,253 |
154,139,100 |
0.82 |
2008 |
24,074 |
3,810,375 |
3,911,645,612 |
197,920,945 |
89,455,031 |
0.45 |
2009 |
24,723 |
3,932,306 |
4,648,316,411 |
243,273,227 |
177,694,925 |
0.73 |
2010 |
24,649 |
3,752,230 |
4,493,432,544 |
219,282,609 |
111,142,020 |
0.51 |
2011 |
24,726 |
4,062,207 |
4,792,588,280 |
248,898.972 |
110,209,054 |
0.44 |
2012 |
25,462 |
4,600,044 |
5,394,444,735 |
260,903,031 |
112,207,209 |
0.43 |
2013 |
25,408 |
5,238,284 |
6,135,260,032 |
288,391,743 |
129,091,231 |
0.45 |
2014 |
26,300 |
6,765,108 |
7,720,921,518 |
392,164,580 |
302,683,204 |
0.77 |
2015 |
25,488 |
6,758,854 |
8,831,603,356 |
415,162,833 |
633,986,303 |
1.24 |
2016 |
25,004 |
6,230,569 |
10,024,794,353 |
480,828,640 |
335,028,838 |
0.81 |
2017 |
24,128 |
6,489,202 |
8,351,958,379 |
410,404,322 |
335,001,782 |
0.82 |
2018 |
24,050 |
6,655,374 |
8,448,772,272 |
414,336,975 |
263,930,092 |
0.64 |
2019* |
23,707 |
8,936,328 |
8,517,259,521 |
431,535,478 |
195,792,526 |
0.67 |
*Data current as of January 7, 2020. For current data go to RMA’s Summary of Business tool.
All multi-peril crop insurance, including Catastrophic Risk Protection policies, are available from private crop insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA service centers and on RMA’s website.