Crop Insurance

West Virginia

Crop Insurance Analysis:

Indemnities for the U.S.

Premium Subsidies for the U.S.

Crop insurance premium subsidies in West Virginia

Total premium subsidies, 1995-2023: $37,386,149

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 LossPremium subsidies
1995-2023
Drought$3,526,629
Freeze$2,066,119
Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain$1,729,617
Hail$734,686
Frost$514,810
Heat$438,997
Wildlife$367,611
Cold Wet Weather$277,812
Decline in Price$242,998
Excess Sun$237,677
Flood$188,347
Insects$128,304
All Other Causes$69,763
Wind/Excess Wind$55,015
GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only *$44,231
Plant Disease$20,558
Fruit Set Failure$14,211
Cold Winter$12,854
Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.)$7,754
Hurricane/Tropical Depression$5,602
Fire$3,202
Mycotoxin$2,946
House burn (Pole burn)$367
Force Fire$75
Earthquake$31
1995-2023$10,690,216

* 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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