Crops

Insured Acres

Total Acres

Percent Insured

Annual Forage

442,116

N/A

N/A

Barley

10,752

23,358

46%

Beans – Dry and Processing

7,617

N/A

N/A

Cabbage

1,127

4,177

27%

Canola

7,184

N/A

N/A

Citrus Fruit

16,747

N/A

N/A

Corn

2,099,961

2,412,154

87%

Cotton and Long Staple Cotton

6,952,675

7,114,613

98%

Cucumbers

2,758

5,123

54%

Grain Sorghum

1,073,318

1,337,009

80%

Grapes

2,362

4,184

56%

Oats

17,578

42,464

41%

Onions

9,776

N/A

N/A

Peaches

912

N/A

N/A

Peanuts

147,717

159,224

93%

Pecans

27,237

77,477

35%

Potatoes

7,658

9,339

82%

Rice

152,850

155,062

99%

Soybeans

91,775

N/A

N/A

Sugarcane

33,224

33,824

98%

Sunflowers

20,602

30,048

69%

Wheat

3,056,937

3,228,268

95%

Crop Pilot Programs

Program

County Availability

Insured Acres

Total Liability

Apiculture

All Counties

N/A

$16,014,976

Cottonseed Endorsement

All Counties with Cotton Policies

N/A

$283,406,477

Hybrid Seed Rice

Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lavaca, Liberty, Matagorda, Victoria, and Wharton County

22,783

$30,096,879

Hybrid Sorghum Seed

Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Floyd, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Lamb, Lubbock, Moore, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Sherman, and Swisher County

34,053

$14,662,051

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage

All Counties

24,643,227

$510,201,027

Sesame

Bee, Cameron, Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Dawson, Floyd, Gaines, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hidalgo, Hockley, Jim Wells, Jones, Kleberg, Lamb, Live Oak, Lubbock, Matagorda, Medina, Nueces, Refugio, Runnels, San Patricio, Swisher, Terry, Tom Green, Uvalde, Wharton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, and Zavala County

41,577

$5,472,330

Silage Sorghum

Dallam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collingsworth, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Bailey, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cottle, Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Dickens, King, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Kent, Stonewall, Gaines, Dawson, Borden, Scurry, and Fisher County

44,164

$11,656,652

Whole Farm Revenue Protection

All Counties

N/A

$13,071,556

Dollar Liability Program

Total Dollar Liability

Citrus Trees – Dollars

$160,542,885

Livestock Risk Protection – Fed Cattle

$84,016

Livestock Risk Protection - Feeder Cattle

$2,760,806

Nursery – Dollars

$90,534,687

15 Year Crop Insurance History for Texas

Year

Policies Earning
Premium

Net Acres
Insured

Liability

Gross
Premium

Losses

Loss Ratio

2005

74,362

14,013,578

$1,989,626,437

$315,769,730

$169,884,282

0.54

2006

69,269

14,672,121

$2,371,199,980

$400,149,348

$618,436,065

1.55

2007

76,883

35,369,734

$2,686,400,259

$468,635,522

$176,009,273

0.38

2008

75,724

34,004,779

$3,326,225,554

$604,278,623

$767,535,248

1.27

2009

77,383

36,129,558

$3,331,628,525

$662,744,583

$898,130,817

1.36

2010

73,621

33,496,826

$3,236,435,782

$627,085,494

$236,065,859

0.38

2011

71,473

37,101,512

$5,481,197,260

$1,098,765,078

$2,590,099,125

2.36

2012

77,000

50,688,267

$5,241,658,861

$1,082,815,634

$1,420,735,187

1.31

2013

78,818

48,440,999

$5,098,332,799

$1,075,748,908

$1,549,267,065

1.44

2014

77,451

47,128,218

$4,749,280,737

$981,118,809

$1,084,046,413

1.10

2015

86,399

47,764,531

$4,245,275,390

$928,673,307

$572,950,665

0.62

2016

76,686

41,317,679

$4,365,403,797

$890,824,967

$500,851,489

0.56

2017

71,505

39,353,577

$4,827,844,916

$970,890,026

$751,041,638

0.77

2018

71,289

38,033,320

$5,387,455,811

$1,154,756,374

$1,645,501,594

1.42

2019

67,611

38,973,364

$5,063,147,527

$1,029,596,580

$975,029,494

0.95

Data current as of January 30, 2020.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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