Crops Insured Acres Total Acres Percent Insured
Blueberries 97 N/A N/A
Corn 708,017 620,000 *114%
Cotton 138,890 140,000 99%
Grain Sorghum 49,678 52,000 96%
Oats 3,081 N/A N/A
Peaches 16 N/A N/A
Peanuts 498 N/A N/A
Pecans 628 N/A N/A
Rice 387,698 437,000 89%
Soybeans 1,210,666 1,230,000 98%
Sugarcane 337,675 400,000 84%
Sweet Potatoes
9,497
10,000
95%
Wheat 163,896 25,000 *656%
Crop Pilot Programs
Program Parish Availability
Total Liability
Hybrid Seed Rice
All parishes
$1,253,384
Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) – Dairy Cattle
All parishes
N/A
Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) – Swine
All parishes
N/A
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Fed Cattle
All parishes
N/A
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Feeder Cattle
All parishes
N/A
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Swine
All parishes
N/A
Nursery Grower’s Price Endorsement
All parishes
$12,610,480
Oysters
Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St Bernard, St Mary, Terrebonne, Vermilion
N/A
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage
All parishes
$4,795,399
Whole Farm Revenue Protection
All parishes
$2,087,646
Dollar Liability Program
Program Total Dollar Liability
Nursery

"Higher than normal prevented planted acreage caused insured acres to be greater than planted acres."

15 Year Crop Insurance History for Louisiana
Year Policies Earning Premium
Net Acres Insured
Liability Gross Premium
Losses Loss Ratio
 2002
10,864
2,852,296
387,310,045
34,619,550
49,142,157
1.42
 2003
10,488
2,822,567
395,103,932
35,597,507 
28,279,221
0.79
 2004
10,305
2,837,680
416,843,560
37,466,757
29,458,745
0.79
 2005
9,479
2,647,827
387,580,802
33,870,040
17,528,755
0.52
2006
8,367
2,521,627
407,719,699
37,766,971
21,848,405
0.58
 2007
8,812
2,662,735
516,946,570
51,347,154
15,786,694
0.31
 2008
9,157
2,822,110
635,908,161
63,673,048
76,348,458
1.20
 2009
8,115
2,721,812
705,505,329
76,099,642
64,918,721
0.85
 2010
8,217
2,747,977
749,303,942
77,244,815
32,549,113
0.42
 2011
8,513
2,785,590
1,008,433,072
102,511,833
64,511,050
0.63
 2012
8,487
2,814,767
988,699,736
95,135,058
32,327,324
0.34
 2013
8,257
2,845,378
1,132,704,976
99,216,844
28,398,294
0.29
 2014
8,040
2,877,146
1,031,957,025
82,342,584
30,252,447
0.37
 2015
7,896
2,896,050
899,657,282
73,193,522
83,404,952
1.14
 2016
8,182
3,058,700
958,422,094
75,312,887
91,277,690
1.21
Data current as of February 06, 2017. For current data go to RMA’s Summary of Business tool.
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.
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