Texas Crop Insurance
State Profile 2019
Revised January 2020
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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
PremiumNet Acres
InsuredLiability
Gross
PremiumLosses
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
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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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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).