Crop Insurance
North Carolina
Crop insurance indemnities in North Carolina
Total indemnities, 1995-2022: $4,471,342,542
Indemnities by County, 1995-2022
Indemnities by year, 1995-2022
Indemnities by crop, 1995-2022
Indemnities by cause of loss, 1995-2022
| Indemnities by cause of loss | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Indemnities paid 1995-2022 | ||
| Drought | $1,328,840,197 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $1,325,218,959 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $613,761,338 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIPWI Crops Only* | $220,247,713 | ||
| Plant Disease | $172,809,355 | ||
| Heat | $171,912,910 | ||
| Freeze | $154,880,958 | ||
| Hail | $151,701,117 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $92,470,758 | ||
| Frost | $61,022,241 | ||
| Decline in Price | $47,374,847 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $33,826,363 | ||
| Flood | $24,083,645 | ||
| Wildlife | $23,482,856 | ||
| All Other Causes | $22,584,254 | ||
| Insects | $8,167,842 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $7,119,789 | ||
| Cold Winter | $3,718,220 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $2,840,990 | ||
| Fire | $1,571,298 | ||
| Excess Sun | $959,674 | ||
| Hot Wind | $786,964 | ||
| Cyclone | $460,251 | ||
| Tornado | $404,365 | ||
| Insufficient Chilling Hours | $246,192 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Supply/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 | ||
| 1995-2022 | $4,471,342,542 | ||
* 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 and 2022.
Number of years each cause of loss paid out indemnities to farmers, out of the 28 years between 1995 and 2022
* 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 and 2022
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