Crop Insured Insured Acres
Total Acres
Percent Insured
Apples 0 N/A N/A
Corn 682,257 760,000 90%
Cotton 311,242 380,000 82%
Grain Sorghum
45,093 47,000 96%
Grapes 2 N/A N/A
Oats 2,732 11,000 25%
Peaches 183 N/A N/A
Peanuts 8,306 24,000 35%
Rice 1,269,336 1,546,000 82%
Soybeans 2,536,536 3,130,000 81%
Tomatoes, Fresh Market
696 N/A N/A
Wheat 357,802 195,000 184% *

* Higher prevented planted acreage caused insured acres to be greater than planted acres.

Crop Pilot Programs
Program County Availability Total Liability
Hybrid Seed Rice All Counties $1,648,765
Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) – Dairy All Counties N/A
Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) – Swine All Counties N/A
Livestock Risk Protection – Fed Cattle All Counties N/A
Livestock Risk Protection – Feeder Cattle All Counties $421,141
Livestock Risk Protection – Swine All Counties N/A
Nursery Grower's Price Endorsement All Counties N/A
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage – Rainfall Index All Counties  $13,609,347
Whole Farm Revenue Protection All Counties $18,306,721
Dollar Liability Program
Dollar Program Total Dollar Liability
Apiculture $1,585,143
Nursery N/A
15 Year Crop Insurance History for Arkansas
Year Policies Earning Premium Net Acres Insured Liability Gross Premium Losses Loss Ratio
2002  21,782  5,001,141  466,076,077  45,501,583  33,151,424  0.73
2003 19,642 4,638,916 463,108,761 45,893,107 36,556,106 0.80
2004 18,471 4,575,826 520,615,434 52,012,482 21,465,090 0.41
2005 17,713 4,566,164 489,876,662 45,642,385 27,882,362 0.61
2006 15,293 4,203,753 533,574,083 49,514,997 21,731,118 0.44
2007 17,011 4,425,147 610,509,181 61,345,871 30,236,631 0.49
2008 16,851 4,713,820 853,275,064 96,471,351 41,629,625 0.43
2009 15,015 4,584,592 925,655,161 99,873,629 71,394,074 0.71
2010 15,319 4,762,807 1,119,285,400 110,383,463 82,334,673 0.75
2011 16,257 5,112,002 1,516,440,839 150,190,537 163,830,544 1.09
2012 16,370 4,937,223 1,479,276,016 132,810,411 74,786,391 0.56
2013 17,447 5,335,781 1,655,619,438 148,173,988 144,876,615 0.98
2014 17,332 5,259,685 1,615,673,903 126,712,337 103,638,312 0.82
2015 18,699 5,332,195 1,499,117,783 113,410,753 154,827,123 1.37
2016 16,863 5,316,205 1,562,415,310 122,748,637 124,808,282 1.02
Data current as of February 6, 2017. 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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