California Crop Insurance
State Profile 2019
Revised January 2020
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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
Program
County Availability
Caneberries
Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura
Cherries
Butte, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Placer, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare and Yuba Counties
Citrus (Actual Rev Hist)- Navels
Fresno, Kern, Madera, and Tulare Counties
PRF (Rainfall Index)
All Counties
Olives
Butte, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Tehama, Kern, Madera, San Joaquin, Shasta, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Yolo
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
Strawberries
Fresno, Merced, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura
Whole Farm Revenue Protection
All Counties
Dollar Liability Program
Total Dollar Liability
Apiculture (Rainfall Index)
$63,520,253
Forage Seeding
$1,539,683
Livestock Gross Margin Diary
$738,531,247
Livestock Risk Protection Feeder Cattle and Lamb
$412,874
Nursery
$141,639,021
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (Rainfall Index)
$108,828,371
Raisins
$18,184,806
Whole Farm Revenue Protection
$293,468,192
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.
- Where to Buy Crop Insurance
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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.
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