Crops Insured Acres
Total Acres
Percent Insured
Apples 11,811 *20,000 59%
Barley 5,769 60,000 10%
Cabbage 9 794 1%
Corn 653,412 1,350,000 48%
Forage Production
4,032 1,815,000 <1%
Forage Seeding
547 80,000 <1%
Fresh Market Sweet Corn
1,328 NA NA
Fresh Market Tomatoes
13 NA NA
Grain Sorghum
1,674 5,640 30%
Grapes 8,763 *13,000 67%
Green Peas
0 NA NA
Oats 4,255 70,000 6%
Peaches 1,602 *4,000 44%
Pears 55 63 87%
Potatoes 3,618 NA NA
Processing Beans
4,801 NA
NA
Processing Sweet Corn
0 NA NA
Processing Tomatoes
1,107
NA NA
Soybeans 366,324 590,000 62%
Tobacco - Cigar Filler
98 1,800 5%
Tobacco - Maryland
0 1,800 0%
Wheat 49,174 210,000 23%
 *Total Acres is 2016 NASS data
 Crop Pilot Programs
 Program County Availability
Total Liability
Apiculture (Rainfall Index)
All Counties
$22,247
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (Rainfall Index)
All Counties
$30,902,004
Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
All Counties
$18,142,409
Dollar Liability Program Total Dollar Liability
Livestock Gross Margin - Dairy Cattle
$12,001,752
Livestock Gross Margin - Swine
$296,846
Livestock Risk Protection - Lamb
$0
Nursery $3,578,937
15 Year Insurance History
Year Policies Earning
Premium
Net Acres
Insured
Liability Gross Premium
Losses Loss Ratio
2003  12,332  1,145,544  258,873,432  32,122,810  27,766,274  0.86
2004
 12,452  1,175,136  283,963,761  32,627,031  15,028,096  0.46
2005
11,411
  1,118,489  249,862,970  29,829,033  15,050,616  0.50
2006
 10,557  1,082,612  248,170,303  32,495,883  18,040,704  0.56
2007
 9,893  1,080,746  332,954,962  44,568,682  26,190,971  0.59
2008
 9,758  1,070,067  408,729,650  57,385,926  36,274,415  0.63
2009
 10,144  1,146,821  387,070,282  49,396,311  25,889,875  0.52
2010
 9,459  1,175,663  391,962,745  45,203,119  34,248,093  0.76
2011
 9,661  1,177,603  579,174,945  67,982,764  68,824,793  1.01
2012
 9,793  1,233,159  595,534,462  64,380,742  25,797,509  0.40
2013
 9,781  1,230,851  594,177,431  68,242,123  21,126,088  0.31
2014
 9,506  1,214,223  532,227,532  63,828,060  25,765,635  0.40
2015
 9,293  1,193,983  529,003,462  64,377,005  30,535,101  0.47
2016
 8,882  1,185,015  479,073,952  60,931,991  59,478,785  0.98
2017
 8,534  1,183,716  503,318,513  60,373,630  15,629,492  0.26
Data current as of February 5, 2018. 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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