Crop Insurance
North Carolina
Crop insurance indemnities in North Carolina
Total indemnities, 1995-2023: $4,668,064,272
Indemnities by County, 1995-2023
Indemnities by year, 1995-2023
Indemnities by crop, 1995-2023
Indemnities by cause of loss, 1995-2023
| Indemnities by cause of loss | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Indemnities paid 1995-2023 | ||
| Drought | $1,384,698,302 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $1,356,527,645 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $631,494,866 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only * | $221,872,838 | ||
| Heat | $186,024,941 | ||
| Plant Disease | $178,517,482 | ||
| Freeze | $168,772,292 | ||
| Hail | $155,862,236 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $96,192,896 | ||
| Frost | $63,346,500 | ||
| Decline in Price | $49,201,459 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $36,432,440 | ||
| Tropical Storm | $35,578,824 | ||
| All Other Causes | $26,543,294 | ||
| Wildlife | $24,912,933 | ||
| Flood | $24,184,168 | ||
| Insects | $8,880,880 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $7,169,405 | ||
| Cold Winter | $3,730,763 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $2,840,990 | ||
| Fire | $1,571,298 | ||
| Excess Sun | $959,674 | ||
| Hot Wind | $786,964 | ||
| Cyclone | $461,176 | ||
| Tornado | $404,365 | ||
| Insufficient Chilling Hours | $246,192 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Equipment | $216,579 | ||
| House burn (Pole burn) | $205,935 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $102,291 | ||
| Earthquake | $94,289 | ||
| Fruit Set Failure | $77,035 | ||
| Falling Numbers | $50,702 | ||
| Force Fire | $36,191 | ||
| Volcanic Eruption | $29,692 | ||
| Federal or State Ordered Destruction | $14,087 | ||
| Asian Soybean Rust | $13,898 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $8,668 | ||
| Erosion | $84 | ||
| 1995-2023 | $4,668,064,272 | ||
* Types of insurance policies; details on the RMA website. Indemnities for GRP/GRIP crops between 1995-2013; indemnities for ARPI, SCO, STAX, MP, HIP, WI crops 2014-2020, indemnities for ECO crops 2021-2023.
Number of years each cause of loss paid out indemnities to farmers, out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023
* Types of insurance policies; details on the RMA website. Indemnities for GRP/GRIP crops between 1995-2013; indemnities for ARPI, SCO, STAX, MP, HIP, WI crops 2014-2020, indemnities for ECO crops 2021-2023
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