Insurance Plans

Overview

Buying a crop insurance policy is a risk management tool available to agricultural producers. Producers should consider how a policy will work in conjunction with their other risk management strategies to insure the best possible outcome each crop year. Crop insurance agents and other agri-business specialists can assist producers in developing a good management plan.

RMA provides policies for more than 100 crops. Policies typically consist of general crop insurance provisions, specific crop provisions, policy endorsements and special provisions. See RMA's county crop program listings for information about crop policies available in specific counties and states.

Policies are available for most commodities; however, some policies are being tested as pilots or have not been expanded nationwide so are not available in all areas.

Insurance Plans provide different types of insurance coverage to specific commodities: