Crop Insurance
The United States
Indemnities by cause of loss for Miscellaneous Crops, 1995-2022
| Indemnities by cause of loss for Miscellaneous Crops, 1995-2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Indemnities paid 1995-2022 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIPWI Crops Only* | $978,045,656 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $586,218,336 | ||
| Drought | $425,430,896 | ||
| Freeze | $369,302,720 | ||
| Heat | $182,094,777 | ||
| Hail | $174,212,941 | ||
| Frost | $75,945,525 | ||
| Decline in Price | $72,054,346 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $64,681,944 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $64,028,667 | ||
| Flood | $53,279,746 | ||
| Plant Disease | $45,553,311 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $45,209,944 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Supply/Equipment | $29,751,256 | ||
| Wildlife | $22,123,742 | ||
| Cold Winter | $14,630,407 | ||
| Insects | $12,723,217 | ||
| Hot Wind | $11,882,847 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $11,822,052 | ||
| Excess Sun | $11,546,057 | ||
| Insufficient Chilling Hours | $10,161,414 | ||
| All Other Causes | $7,866,767 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $4,037,230 | ||
| Fire | $3,657,208 | ||
| Volcanic Eruption | $1,338,525 | ||
| Fruit Set Failure | $1,230,437 | ||
| Asiatic Citrus Canker | $1,080,992 | ||
| Oxygen Depletion | $642,813 | ||
| House burn (Pole burn) | $516,796 | ||
| Tornado | $504,883 | ||
| Salinity | $302,425 | ||
| Disease, Aquaculture | $210,772 | ||
| Ice Flow | $117,954 | ||
| Cyclone | $105,820 | ||
| Hot Hemp | $67,219 | ||
| Asian Soybean Rust | $64,988 | ||
| Earthquake | $57,073 | ||
| Falling Numbers | $10,625 | ||
| Force Fire | $2,147 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $285 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $146 | ||
| Erosion | $102 | ||
| 1995-2022 | $3,282,515,007 | ||
* 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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