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Crops Insured
Crops | Insured Acres | Total Acres | Percent Insured |
Apples | 4,280 | 4,571 | 94% |
Barley |
3,631 | 7,155 | 51% |
Blueberries | 8,215 | *6,300 | 100% |
Cabbage | 872 | 2,233 | 39% |
Canola | 2,699 | NA | NA |
Clary Sage | 12,918 | NA | NA |
Corn | 802,718 | 870,778 | 92% |
Cotton | 442,333 | 422,367 | 100% |
Cucumbers | 496 | 7,498 | 7% |
Fresh Market Beans | 2,894 | 5,657 | 51% |
Grain Sorghum | 3,996 | 8,367 | 48% |
Grapes | 424 | 1,196 | 35% |
Oats | 2,827 | 8,103 | 35% |
Peaches | 520 | 827 | 63% |
Peanuts | 88,591 | 100,597 | 88% |
Potatoes | 10,458 | 10,688 | 95% |
Processing Beans | 402 | 405 | 99% |
Soybeans | 1,468,572 | 1,634,761 | 90% |
Tobacco – Burley | 273 | 495 | 55% |
Tobacco – Flue Cured | 159,212 | 159,380 | 100% |
Wheat | 342,958 | 403,112 | 85% |
Pilot Programs
Crop Pilot Programs | ||
Program | County Availability | Total Liability |
Apiculture (Rainfall Index) | All Counties | $520,012 |
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage | All Counties | 7,488,290 |
Whole-Farm Revenue Protection | All Counties | $137,797,557 |
Dollar Liability Program | Total Liability | |
Livestock Gross Margin – Dairy Cattle | $258,750 | |
Livestock Gross Margin - Swine | $0 | |
Livestock Risk Protection - Fed Cattle | $0 | |
Livestock Risk Protection - Feeder Cattle | $267,269 | |
Livestock Risk Protection - Swine | $0 | |
Nursery | $51,352,705 |
15 Year Crop Insurance History for North Carolina
Year | Policies Earning Premium |
Net Acres Insured |
Liability | Gross Premium | Losses | Loss Ratio |
2004 | 24,995 | 3,158,063 | 1,089,351,466 | 89,511,521 | 64,637,826 | 0.72 |
2005 | 19,046 | 3,105,010 | 907,059,399 | 77,483,528 | 65,607,212 | 0.85 |
2006 | 17,847 | 3,057,350 | 1,021,529,042 | 88,915,593 | 108,651,756 | 1.22 |
2007 | 18,128 | 3,121,011 | 1,171,822,184 | 108,416,424 | 162,279,103 | 1.50 |
2008 | 19,018 | 3,398,406 | 1,481,128,516 | 160,198,963 | 186,990,453 | 1.17 |
2009 | 19,623 | 3,487,837 | 1,478,915,572 | 161,550,825 | 118,465,588 | 0.73 |
2010 | 19,313 | 3,521,120 | 1,445,316,899 | 155,364,000 | 196,432,759 | 1.26 |
2011 | 19,350 | 3,537,099 | 1,857,757,173 | 218,029,074 | 354,633,919 | 1.63 |
2012 | 20,358 | 3,695,515 | 1,786,847,650 | 201,991,358 | 85,048,414 | 0.42 |
2013 | 20,792 | 3,756,321 | 1,863,274,172 | 195,156,753 | 155,663,751 | 0.80 |
2014 | 19,840 | 3,734,307 | 1,869,061,617 | 182,642,356 | 106,777,215 | 0.58 |
2015 | 18,780 | 3,546,190 | 1,606,076,719 | 166,164,958 | 248,772,813 | 1.50 |
2016 | 19,017 | 3,651,507 | 1,619,404,755 | 177,590,157 | 277,889,744 | 1.56 |
2017 | 17,712 | 3,381,456 | 1,760,457,292 | 194,725,085 | 121,950,972 | 0.63 |
2018 | 17,413 | 3,413,273 | 1,796,084,149 | 195,033,806 | 327,683,813 | 1.68 |
Where to Buy Crop Insurance
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.