South Carolina Crop Insurance
State Profile 2018

Crops	Insured Acres	Total Acres	Percent Insured
Apples	40	N/A	N/A
Barley	426	N/A	N/A
Blueberries	0	N/A	N/A
Canola	1,533	N/A	N/A
Corn	295,600	340,000	87%
Cotton	299,466	300,000	99%
Flue Cured Tobacco	11,818	12,300	96%
Fresh Market Tomatoes	222	2,900*	8%
Grain Sorghum	3,588	N/A	N/A
Oats	1,741	19,000	9%
Peaches	11,843	14,000*	85%
Peanuts	82,915	87,000	95%
Rye	1,362	N/A	N/A
Soybeans	347,263	390,000	89%
Wheat	62,936	80,000	79%

* 2017 total acres (2018 acres not available as of March 2019)

Crop Pilot Programs	County Availability	Total Liability
Apiculture	All	$889,467
Clams	Beaufort, Charlston	$0
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage	All	$4,701,757
Whole Farm Revenue Protection	All	$29,065,912

Dollar Liability Program	Total Dollar Liability
Nursery – Field Grown and Container	$21,952,133

Year	Policies Earning Premium	Net Acres Insured	Liability	Gross Premium	Losses	Loss Ratio
2004	6,541	1,135,781	316,680,585	32,179,942	20,152,919	0.63
2005	5,409	1,045,961	276,714,190	28,561,850	18,745,176	0.66
2006	5,026	1,013,910	324,526,166	31,291,761	21,772,185	0.70
2007	5,107	1,060,495	354,242,242	38,602,050	55,049,456	1.43
2008	5,517	1,175,835	425,500,380	54,159,594	50,014,450	0.92
2009	5,294	1,135,204	383,914,009	53,790,058	35,113,997	0.65
2010	5,203	1,128,474	379,592,929	52,391,487	28,318,594	0.54
2011	5,390	1,153,854	533,507,027	79,676,303	70,979,060	0.89
2012	5,822	1,201,530	512,787,095	73,789,922	26,601,285	0.36
2013	6,144	1,222,083	513,772,963	73,021,109	60,662,010	0.83
2014	5,958	1,251,857	482,745,720	66,843,742	42,508,011	0.16
2015	5,757	1,220,464	422,126,662	65,926,808	148,180,078	2.25
2016	6,027	1,315,844	431,372,306	70,382,387	74,958,478	1.07
2017	5,437	1,146,807	497,935,798	78,673,876	57,982,060	0.74
2018	5,235	1,140,676	504,754,534	81,620,864	83,626,282	1.02

Data current as of March 11, 2019. For current data go to RMA’s Summary of Business tool.

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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