Crop Insurance
Michigan
Crop insurance premium subsidies in Michigan
Total premium subsidies, 1995-2023: $2,359,989,115
Premium subsidies by County, 1995-2023
Premium subsidies by year, 1995-2023
Premium subsidies by crop, 1995-2023
Premium subsidies by cause of loss, 1995-2023
The premium subsidies by cause of loss in the table below are lower than total premium subsidies for this state because the USDA Risk Management Agency only reports premium subsidies by cause of loss for policies that paid an indemnity. Non-indemnified policies and their associated premium subsidies are not reported by cause of loss.
| Premium subsidies by cause of loss | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Premium subsidies 1995-2023 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $172,091,863 | ||
| Drought | $139,278,193 | ||
| Decline in Price | $64,751,034 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only * | $52,500,760 | ||
| Freeze | $41,858,370 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $27,703,024 | ||
| Frost | $22,687,176 | ||
| Heat | $12,607,064 | ||
| Hail | $9,953,890 | ||
| Cold Winter | $6,315,215 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $5,163,753 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $4,181,565 | ||
| Plant Disease | $2,651,892 | ||
| Wildlife | $2,606,714 | ||
| Hot Wind | $2,474,282 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $2,154,666 | ||
| Insects | $1,144,519 | ||
| Flood | $936,653 | ||
| Falling Numbers | $733,792 | ||
| All Other Causes | $522,908 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Equipment | $119,670 | ||
| Fruit Set Failure | $77,214 | ||
| Tornado | $49,833 | ||
| Fire | $26,881 | ||
| Excess Sun | $17,837 | ||
| Asian Soybean Rust | $14,203 | ||
| Cyclone | $9,222 | ||
| Earthquake | $8,623 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $3,984 | ||
| Federal or State Ordered Destruction | $1,933 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $1,905 | ||
| Insufficient Chilling Hours | $621 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $526 | ||
| Market Price Difference - Spring vs Harvest | $136 | ||
| Volcanic Eruption | $15 | ||
| 1995-2023 | $572,649,936 | ||
* 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 2021-2023.
Number of years each cause of loss garnered premium subsidies, out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023
* 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 2021-2023
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