Pennsylvania Crop Insurance
State Profile 2019
Revised January 2020
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Crops
Insured Acres
Total Acres
Percent Insured
Apples
11,933
*20,000
60%
Barley
2,836
16,645
17%
Cabbage
2
839
1%
Corn
665,298
949,821
70%
Forage Production
2,268
92,681
2%
Forage Seeding
559
NA
NA
Fresh Market Sweet Corn
873
3,453
25%
Fresh Market Tomatoes
6
192
3%
Grain Sorghum
1,341
6,196
22%
Grapes
8,175
*13,000
63%
Green Peas
NA
NA
NA
Oats
5,551
39,574
14%
Peaches
1,435
*4,000
36%
Pears
32
58
55%
Potatoes
2,241
5,124
44%
Processing Beans
5,543
7,021
79%
Processing Sweet Corn
0
336
0%
Processing Tomatoes
1,124
1,298
87%
Soybeans
345,074
526,523
66%
Tobacco – Cigar Filler
66
346
19%
Tobacco –Maryland
0
42
0%
Wheat
48,571
96,344
50%
*Total acres from 2017 NASS data
Crop Pilot Programs
Program
County Availability
Total Liability
Apiculture (Rainfall Index)
All Counties
$144,965
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (Rainfall Index)
All Counties
$26,799,867
Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
All Counties
$12,989,846
Dairy Revenue Protection
All Counties
$73,608,235
Dollar Liability Program
Total Dollar Liability
Livestock Gross Margin – Dairy Cattle
$1,998,071
Livestock Gross Margin – Swine
$276,110
Livestock Risk Protection – Lamb
$0
Nursery
$3,396,602
Year
Policies Earning
PremiumNet Acres
InsuredLiability
Gross Premium
Losses
Loss Ratio
2005
11,411
1,118,489
249,862,970
29,829,033
15,050,616
0.50
2006
10,557
1,082,612
248,170,303
32,495,883
18,040,704
0.56
2007
9,893
1,080,746
332,954,962
44,568,682
26,190,971
0.59
2008
9,758
1,070,067
408,729,650
57,385,926
36,274,415
0.63
2009
10,144
1,146,821
387,070,282
49,396,311
25,889,875
0.52
2010
9,459
1,175,663
391,962,745
45,203,119
34,248,093
0.76
2011
9,661
1,177,603
579,174,945
67,982,764
68,824,793
1.01
2012
9,793
1,233,159
595,534,462
64,380,742
25,797,509
0.40
2013
9,781
1,230,851
594,177,431
68,242,123
21,126,088
0.31
2014
9,506
1,214,223
532,227,532
63,828,060
25,765,635
0.40
2015
9,293
1,193,983
529,003,462
64,377,005
30,535,101
0.47
2016
8,882
1,185,015
479,073,952
60,931,991
59,478,785
0.98
2017
8,534
1,183,716
503,318,513
60,373,630
15,629,492
0.26
2018
8,187
1,163,013
500,359,480
56,632,443
38,262,859
0.68
2019
8,056
1,163,779
$563,292,627
$58,146,053
$20,750,141
0.36
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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