# Crop insurance adjusting software that works in the field, not just back at the office

> Crop insurance adjusting is the process of verifying a reported loss on an insured crop unit: measuring appraised acres, determining production to count, documenting cause of loss and completing the loss adjustment worksheet on the current RMA revision. Federal crop insurance covers roughly 540 million acres across more than 130 crops, and RMA republishes loss adjustment procedure every crop year. Neurobird runs the whole appraisal offline on a tablet and syncs when signal returns.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/cropadjust/
- Product: Neurobird Crop Insurance Adjusting Compliance Platform
- Niche: crop insurance adjusting
- Buyer: crop insurance adjusters
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-21

## What Neurobird Crop Insurance Adjusting does

- Work an appraisal offline in the field and sync when signal returns
- Capture geotagged photos against the unit and the acre count they support
- Keep the loss adjustment worksheet on the current RMA revision automatically
- Hand the claim to the carrier with production to count already computed

## How it works

1. **Take the notice offline** Pull the policy, unit and prior year history to the device before you leave. No signal needed once you are out there.
2. **Appraise in the field** Measure acres, record production to count, photograph damage with GPS and timestamp bound to the unit you are appraising.
3. **Sync and submit** Back in coverage the claim uploads complete, on the current RMA worksheet revision, with the arithmetic already done.

## From the source material

> Must include a minimum of 1 approved credit hour of legislative changes in Montana insurance statutes and administrative rules as part of each biennial continuing education filing.

Source: Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, https://csimt.gov/insurance/licensing/

## Industry context

- **50 states** Crop adjusters are licensed state by state, with separate crop specific requirements in most of them. (source: Alabama Department of Insurance, https://aldoi.gov/licensing/CropReq.aspx)
- **540M acres** Approximate area covered by federal crop insurance across more than 130 crops, adjusted claim by claim. (source: USDA Risk Management Agency, https://www.rma.usda.gov/)
- **Every crop year** RMA republishes loss adjustment procedure annually, so worksheets and handbooks go stale on a fixed 12 month cycle. (source: USDA Risk Management Agency, https://www.rma.usda.gov/policy-procedure)
- **Rule 5** Colorado sets claims adjusting conduct in state regulation, not just carrier policy, and other states do the same in their own rules. (source: Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, https://cdle.colorado.gov/sites/cdle/files/Rule_5_Claims_Adjusting_Requirements_2019.doc)
- **24 hours CE** A typical state adjuster licence carries continuing education attached to a 2 year renewal cycle. (source: South Carolina Department of Insurance, https://doi.sc.gov/355/Adjuster)

## Pricing

- Independent: $89 per adjuster, per month
- Adjusting firm: $220 per adjuster, per month
- Carrier: $420 per adjuster, per month

## Questions

### What does a crop insurance adjuster actually do?

An adjuster verifies a reported loss on an insured crop unit. That means measuring appraised acres, determining production to count, documenting the cause of loss and completing the loss adjustment worksheet the carrier and RMA require.

### Does it work with no signal in the field?

Yes. Appraisals are worked offline on the device and sync when the adjuster is back in coverage. Fields are the whole job, so offline is not an optional extra.

### How do you keep up with RMA handbook changes?

Form revisions are versioned centrally. When RMA publishes a change the current worksheet updates, and claims already in flight keep the revision they were started on so the audit trail stays intact.

### Can it handle prevented planting and replant claims?

Yes. Prevented planting, replant payments and standard production losses are separate workflows because they need different evidence and different arithmetic.

## Sources

- [Alabama Department of Insurance, crop adjuster requirements](https://aldoi.gov/licensing/CropReq.aspx)
- [Colorado claims adjusting requirements (Rule 5)](https://cdle.colorado.gov/sites/cdle/files/Rule_5_Claims_Adjusting_Requirements_2019.doc)
- [South Carolina Department of Insurance, adjuster licensing](https://doi.sc.gov/355/Adjuster)
- [Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance](https://csimt.gov/insurance/licensing/)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/