Crops Insured Acres Total Acres Percent Insured
Avocado 1,727 5,500* 31%
Blueberries 3,795 5,200* 73%
Cabbage 2,405 9,000* 27%
Corn 55,526 100,000 56%
Cotton 107,976 117,000 92%
Cucumbers 659 26,000* 3%
Flue Cured Tobacco 1,421 N/A N/A
Fresh Market Tomatoes 14,464 29,000* 50%
Grain Sorghum 318 N/A N/A
Oats 25 N/A N/A
Peanuts 136,050 155,000 88%
Potatoes 17,204 22,000 78%
Rice 21,275 N/A N/A
Soybeans 10,548 18,000 59%
Sugarcane 386,391 397,000 97%
Wheat 4,213 10,000 42%
Crop Pilot Programs County Availability Total Liability
Apiculture All Counties $27,479,381
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage All $150,359,818
Whole Farm Revenue Protection All $102,669,991
Dollar Liability Program Total Dollar Liability
Citrus - Grapefruit, Lemons, Mandarins,Tangerines, Oranges, Tangelos, and Tangors $334,438,991
Fresh Market Sweet Corn $26,176,617
Fresh Market Tomatoes $53,682,630
Nursery - Field Grown and Container $496,477,842
Pecans (Revenue) $586,899
Peppers $16,952,794
Florida Fruit Tree
County Availability
Total Liability
Avocado Tree
Miami-Dade $24,734,434 
Carambola Tree
Lee, Miami-Dade
$2,772,182 
Lemon Trees
Hendry, Martin
$1,296,745 
Lime Trees
Lee, Miami-Dade
$243,517 
Mango Trees
Miami-Dade $876,318 
Grapefruit, Orange, and other citrus trees

Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, De Soto, Glades, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, St Lucie, Volusia

$1,222,015,696

* 2016 total acres (2017 acres not available as of March 2018)

15 Year Crop Insurance History for Florida
Year Policies Earning Premium Net Acres Insured Liability Gross Premium Losses Loss Ratio
2004 14,530 1,331,911 2,700,446,503 99,751,259 113,205,213 1.13
2005 14,479 1,373,027 2,973,811,338 106,372,568 335,086,858 3.15
2006 14,833 1,370,441 3,049,039,461 83,182,553 229,598,389 2.76
2007 13,593 1,228,289 3,154,746,854 136,490,133 40,786,556 0.30
2008 13,452 1,291,343 3,211,104,056 122,496,208 17,184,223 0.14
2009 13,261 1,267,627 3,163,510,248 111,091,625 71,796,410 0.65
2010 11,960 1,149,888 2,867,534,251 100,708,680 65,625,181 0.65
2011 11,721 1,873,262 2,786,623,598 112,810,561 71,756,218 0.64
2012 11,549 2,048,009 2,892,163,935 116,974,641 86,254,145 0.74
2013 11,399 2,220,105 3,177,455,432 126,363,648 52,855,237 0.42
2014 9,850 2,296,186 3,066,630,066 119,260,850 36,484,083 0.31
2015 9,250 2,477,545 2,974,308,722 109,118,104 46,501,661 0.43
2016 8,490 1,692,463 2,886,399,379 102,616,365 61,632,833 0.60
2017 7,751 1,738,198 2,767,281,407 110,926,172 100,162,788 0.90
2018 7,407 2,167,262 2,814,073,338 117,799,185 337,985,473 2.87
Data current as of March 11, 2019. 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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