Tennessee State Profile - 2019 | Risk Management Agency

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Revised January 2020

Crops Insured

Crops	Insured Acres	Total Acres	Percent Insured
Apples	50	240	21%
Barley	1,202	1370	88%
Beans (Processing)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Canola	1,648	N/A	N/A
Corn	788,892	970,000	81%
Cotton	370,507	410,000	90%
Grain Sorghum	4,328	N/A	N/A
Oats	38	1,600	2%
Peaches	79	330	24%
Popcorn	283	N/A	N/A
Rice	2,796	3,000	93%
Soybeans	1,182,475	1,400,000	84%
Tobacco – Burley	2,859	3,600	79%
Tobacco – Dark Air Cured	3,089	3,500	88%
Tobacco – Fire Cured	4,577	6,200	74%
Tomatoes – Fresh Market	1,463	2,100	70%
Wheat	315,058	367,600	86%

Crop Pilot Programs
Program	County Availability	Total Liability
Apiculture	All Counties	$313,704
Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) – Dairy	All Counties	N/A
Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) – Swine	All Counties	N/A
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Swine	All Counties	N/A
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Fed Cattle	All Counties	N/A
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – Feeder Cattle	All Counties	$310,677
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage	All Counties	$37,162,772
Whole-Farm Revenue Protection	All Counties	$10,780,327

Dollar Liability Program
Program	Total Dollar Liability
Nursery	$34,887,852

15 Year Crop Insurance History for Tennessee

Year	Policies Earning Premium	Net Acres Insured	Liability	Gross Premium	Losses	Loss Ratio
2005	8,855	1,866,786	319,832,520	28,937,676	12,233,634	0.42
2006	8,287	1,842,244	349,874,353	32,026,526	14,688,297	0.46
2007	8,834	1,934,611	452,320,851	44,443,976	99,877,779	2.25
2008	10,120	2,323,696	747,990,961	82,430,354	86,892,897	1.05
2009	10,089	2,372,378	696,667,510	82,880,735	52,996,518	0.64
2010	9,670	2,344,437	634,162,828	75,191,170	70,688,999	0.94
2011	10,572	2,456,086	1,043,230,606	123,168,902	65,157,542	0.53
2012	10,927	2,476,228	995,209,739	102,669,482	145,785,033	1.42
2013	12,137	2,794,073	1,071,029,064	114,208,894	43,757,620	0.38
2014	11,967	2,717,498	949,002,376	102,427,398	48,552,934	0.47
2015	11,621	2,784,766	845,699,397	93,717,596	47,720,671	0.51
2016	11,135	2,711,178	809,672,283	93,195,640	49,584,843	0.53
2017	11,264	2,800,803	914,603,162	104,902,363	43,131,429	0.41
2018	10,650	2,833,407	957,892,656	89,799,887	50,438,215	0.56
2019	11,099	2,877,562	991,074,166	93,225,946	44,950,497	0.48

Data current as of January 7, 2020. 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.