North Carolina Crop Insurance
State Profile 2019
Revised January 2020
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Crops
Insured Acres
Total Acres
Percent Insured
Apples
4,308
4,737
91%
Barley
4,544
8,496
53%
Blueberries
8,275
*6,300
100%
Cabbage
595
1,976
30%
Canola
599
2,572
23%
Clary Sage
6,031
9,155
66%
Corn
845,583
949,617
89%
Cotton
488,155
501,062
97%
Cucumbers
279
2,948
9%
Fresh Market Beans
2,774
5,341
52%
Grain Sorghum
8,724
15,601
56%
Grapes
456
612
75%
Oats
2,410
8,241
29%
Peaches
440
828
53%
Peanuts
90,146
102,061
88%
Potatoes
12,207
12,620
97%
Processing Beans
580
655
89%
Soybeans
1,350,363
1,512,142
89%
Tobacco – Burley
194
322
60%
Tobacco – Flue Cured
116,637
117,934
99%
Wheat
478,309
556,542
86%
*Total acres from 2017 NASS data
Crop Pilot Programs
Program
County Availability
Total Liability
Apiculture (Rainfall Index)
All Counties
$492,793
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (Rainfall Index)
All Counties
$9,841,844
Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
All Counties
$153,029,356
Dairy Revenue Protection
All Counties
$2,478,380
Dollar Liability Program
Total Dollar Liability
Livestock Gross Margin – Dairy Cattle
$378,205
Livestock Gross Margin - Swine
$0
Livestock Risk Protection - Fed Cattle
$0
Livestock Risk Protection - Feeder Cattle
$1,020,810
Livestock Risk Protection - Swine
$0
Nursery
$45,731,078
15 Year Crop Insurance History for North Carolina
Year
Policies Earning
PremiumNet Acres
InsuredLiability
Gross Premium
Losses
Loss Ratio
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
2019
17,445
3,481,817
$1,701,095,237
$195,305,187
$191,112,817
0.98
Data current as of January 28, 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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