Louisiana Crop Insurance
State Profile 2018

Crops	Insured Acres	Total Acres	Percent Insured
Blueberries	135	N/A	N/A
Corn	542,922	460,000	*118%
Cotton	188,455	195,000	97%
Grain Sorghum	7,610	15,000	95%
Oats	870	N/A	N/A
Peaches	5	N/A	N/A
Peanuts		N/A	N/A
Pecans	628	N/A	N/A
Rice	375,292	440,000	85%
Soybeans	1,273,454	1,340,000	95%
Sugarcane	364,245	457,200	80%
Sweet Potatoes	6,466	8,500	76%
Wheat	22,374	15,000	*149%

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

Crop Pilot Programs
Program	Parish Availability	Total Liability
Apiculture	All Parishes	$2,436,897
Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) – Dairy Cattle	All Parishes	N/A
Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) – Swine	All Parishes	N/A
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Fed Cattle	All Parishes	N/A
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Feeder Cattle	All Parishes	$4,987
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Swine	All Parishes	N/A
Nursery Grower's Price Endorsement	All Parishes	N/A
Oysters	Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Vermilion	N/A
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage	All Parishes	$9,327,608
Whole Farm Revenue Protection	All Parishes	$5,880,934

Dollar Liability Program
Program	Total Dollar Liability
Hybrid Seed Rice	$2,127,471
Nursery	$11,918,436

Year	Policies Earning Premium	Net Acres Insured	Liability	Gross Premium	Losses	Loss Ratio
2004	10,274	2,838,205	403,427,582	37,251,593	29,458,745	0.79
2005	9,423	2,648,309	367,167,429	33,546,452	17,329,684	0.52
2006	8,331	2,522,109	387,088,613	37,592,066	21,848,405	0.58
2007	8,760	2,663,156	488,999,528	50,778,260	15,786,694	0.31
2008	9,100	2,835,933	606,289,901	62,981,725	76,348,458	1.21
2009	8,085	2,735,545	686,036,875	75,664,101	64,906,109	0.86
2010	8,186	2,761,606	721,211,559	76,623,465	32,549,113	0.42
2011	8,491	2,785,985	984,101,512	101,942,981	64,511,050	0.63
2012	8,468	2,815,336	959,638,952	94,459,859	32,327,324	0.34
2013	8,243	2,845,368	1,109,057,457	98,684,158	28,410,200	0.29
2014	8,036	2,876,948	1,009,145,316	81,814,494	30,366,357	0.37
2015	7,915	2,897,873	890,400,039	73,130,199	83,866,041	1.15
2016	8,188	3,063,740	945,804,465	75,104,828	97,969,605	1.30
2017	7,368	2,779,470	977,070,492	83,227,814	52,739,958	0.63
2018	7,224	2,855,427	1,093,566,040	79,551,288	76,253,765	0.96

Data current as of February 18, 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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