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Revenue Insurance for Georgia and South Carolina Peaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Stephen E. Miller ,
Kandice H. Kahl  and
P. James Rathwell
Stephen E. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University
Kandice H. Kahl
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University
P. James Rathwell
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University
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Abstract

We estimate actuarially fair premium rates for yield and revenue insurance for Georgia and South Carolina peaches. The premium rates for both products decrease at a decreasing rate as the mean farm-level yield increases. In general, the premium rate for revenue insurance exceeds the premium rate for yield insurance for a given coverage level and expected yield. Although the revenue and yield insurance rates differ in a statistical sense, they do not appear to differ in an economic sense except at high coverage levels for growers with very high yields.

Keywords

crop insurancepeachesrevenue insuranceyield insurance
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , April 2000 , pp. 123 - 132
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2000

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