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A majority of cash grain, cotton, and peanut farms are covered by crop insurance

  • by Economic Research Service
  • 6/20/2012
  • Cotton and Wool
  • Fruit and Tree Nuts
  • Wheat
  • Farm Structure and Organization
  • Farm Sector Income & Finances
A chart showing farms reporting acres covered under a Federal crop insurance policy by specialization in 2009.

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Most farms specializing in cash grains, cotton, and peanuts reported farmland covered under a Federal crop insurance policy in the 2009 Agricultural Resource Management Survey. Farms with other specializations participated in Federal crop insurance, but to a lesser degree. About a third of tobacco farms had insured land, as well as 20 to 30 percent of farms specializing in hogs, dairy, or fruits, vegetables, and tree nuts. Hog and dairy farms often grow crops to feed their livestock, and these crops are eligible for Federal crop insurance. This chart is found in Changing Farm Structure and the Distribution of Farm Payments and Federal Crop Insurance, EIB-91, February 2012.

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