Crop Insurance
The United States
| Administrative and Operating Expense Reimbursements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crop | Administrative and Operating Expense Reimbursements 1995-2018 | Policies | |
| Corn | $9,555,752,740 | 12,731,622 | |
| Soybeans | $5,607,886,086 | 11,903,271 | |
| Wheat | $3,812,284,452 | 7,951,480 | |
| Cotton | $2,260,643,314 | 2,185,177 | |
| Grain Sorghum | $543,003,588 | 3,959,461 | |
| Miscellaneous Crops | $457,367,032 | 504,112 | |
| Pasture, Rangeland, Forage | $378,717,088 | 258,890 | |
| Potatoes | $285,313,702 | 111,832 | |
| Peanuts | $220,297,759 | 534,572 | |
| Dry Beans | $216,742,720 | 667,582 | |
| Sunflowers | $203,008,009 | 1,528,408 | |
| Apples | $198,860,078 | 77,092 | |
| Almonds | $195,087,599 | 88,303 | |
| Rice | $181,289,313 | 427,705 | |
| Barley | $178,235,529 | 1,472,934 | |
| Sugar Beets | $176,621,200 | 321,806 | |
| Grapes | $162,833,644 | 149,506 | |
| Flue Cured Tobacco | $146,543,835 | 223,708 | |
| Canola | $146,280,230 | 414,548 | |
| Forage Production | $127,971,223 | 504,217 | |
| Nursery (FG&C) | $125,383,161 | 37,551 | |
| Dry Peas | $93,543,767 | 325,736 | |
| Cherries | $80,622,338 | 37,926 | |
| Burley Tobacco | $80,303,762 | 341,572 | |
| Onions | $78,330,963 | 29,501 | |
| Hybrid Corn Seed | $72,584,615 | 179,434 | |
| Orange Trees | $63,776,062 | 54,772 | |
| Whole Farm Revenue Protection | $62,099,140 | 7,950 | |
| Tomatoes | $51,639,756 | 32,476 | |
| Fresh Market Tomatoes | $49,570,901 | 11,829 | |
| Prunes | $48,756,411 | 19,213 | |
| Raisins | $44,905,510 | 49,647 | |
| Cotton Ex Long Staple | $43,506,893 | 31,843 | |
| Table Grapes | $35,534,374 | 12,606 | |
| Peaches | $32,346,490 | 18,427 | |
| Pecans | $30,802,743 | 22,201 | |
| Oats | $29,574,501 | 1,338,102 | |
| Pistachios | $29,571,293 | 4,387 | |
| Navel Oranges | $29,120,272 | 33,041 | |
| Revenue Coverage Corn | $28,241,843 | 53,085 | |
| Sugarcane | $27,844,841 | 25,316 | |
| Oranges | $25,745,270 | 23,475 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue | $25,314,435 | 7,186 | |
| Avocados | $23,261,354 | 23,690 | |
| Blueberries | $22,655,749 | 14,105 | |
| Green Peas | $21,777,485 | 113,915 | |
| Popcorn | $21,564,073 | 107,568 | |
| Flax | $21,336,347 | 385,821 | |
| Annual Forage | $19,021,666 | 19,369 | |
| Tobacco | $18,225,864 | 235,148 | |
| Lemons | $18,175,671 | 15,288 | |
| Apiculture | $18,031,697 | 9,468 | |
| Sweet Corn | $17,798,831 | 103,345 | |
| Millet | $17,557,237 | 217,718 | |
| Walnuts | $17,134,225 | 29,501 | |
| Mandarines/Tangerines | $16,921,717 | 4,114 | |
| Peppers | $16,675,854 | 2,897 | |
| Rangeland | $14,614,776 | 24,642 | |
| Citrus II | $13,290,416 | 26,896 | |
| Citrus | $12,641,568 | 14,043 | |
| Processing Beans | $12,594,812 | 43,200 | |
| Cigar Binder Tobacco | $12,132,271 | 9,191 | |
| Valencia Oranges | $12,020,108 | 21,362 | |
| Grapefruit Trees | $11,809,797 | 14,979 | |
| Cranberries | $11,786,172 | 12,936 | |
| Fresh Market Sweet Corn | $11,050,892 | 12,867 | |
| Forage Seeding | $10,522,835 | 257,430 | |
| Plums | $9,961,853 | 11,090 | |
| Nursery (container) | $9,797,015 | 7,061 | |
| Citrus I | $8,577,173 | 33,662 | |
| Hybrid Sorghum Seed | $8,130,684 | 55,165 | |
| Fresh Nectarines | $8,021,698 | 10,168 | |
| Revenue Coverage Soybeans | $7,930,803 | 39,282 | |
| Fire Cured Tobacco | $7,778,723 | 30,393 | |
| Citrus VII | $7,492,391 | 15,489 | |
| Pears | $7,059,193 | 19,450 | |
| Mandarins | $7,017,783 | 3,010 | |
| Processing Cling Peaches | $6,244,722 | 8,810 | |
| Safflower | $5,921,080 | 85,489 | |
| Rio Red & Star Ruby | $5,870,116 | 6,196 | |
| Citrus Trees IV | $5,767,911 | 5,914 | |
| Strawberries | $4,893,311 | 2,002 | |
| Fresh Freestone Peaches | $4,866,835 | 10,110 | |
| Grapefruit | $4,745,808 | 6,584 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue-lite | $4,525,907 | 3,017 | |
| Alfalfa Seed | $4,278,976 | 2,941 | |
| Sweetpotatoes | $4,019,270 | 4,154 | |
| Cabbage | $3,843,678 | 4,438 | |
| Olives | $3,829,770 | 3,696 | |
| Silage Sorghum | $3,776,240 | 72,879 | |
| Cigar Wrapper Tobacco | $3,775,728 | 500 | |
| All Other Citrus Trees | $3,485,971 | 13,360 | |
| Fresh Apricots | $3,281,481 | 3,407 | |
| Clams | $3,214,433 | 4,395 | |
| GRP Corn | $3,176,313 | 10,251 | |
| Mustard | $3,036,323 | 48,092 | |
| Fresh Market Beans | $2,858,168 | 1,395 | |
| Macadamia Trees | $2,784,746 | 740 | |
| Processing Apricots | $2,571,876 | 1,477 | |
| Citrus Trees | $2,507,998 | 2,106 | |
| Dark Air Tobacco | $2,056,164 | 20,443 | |
| Citrus Trees I | $2,053,420 | 4,650 | |
| Watermelons | $1,913,447 | 505 | |
| Mint | $1,892,231 | 2,034 | |
| Avocado Trees | $1,865,716 | 4,218 | |
| Citrus V | $1,789,861 | 5,768 | |
| Stonefruit | $1,787,733 | 2,476 | |
| Minneola Tangelos | $1,679,787 | 2,750 | |
| Cultivated Wild Rice | $1,646,733 | 1,192 | |
| Figs | $1,577,759 | 1,056 | |
| Citrus IV | $1,564,777 | 12,368 | |
| Sesame | $1,451,198 | 41,461 | |
| Rye | $1,306,944 | 18,809 | |
| Macadamia Nuts | $1,217,323 | 655 | |
| Fresh Plum | $1,106,449 | 2,529 | |
| ciao_0080 | $1,104,987 | 349 | |
| Citrus Trees V | $1,104,499 | 1,957 | |
| Tangelos | $1,057,650 | 1,961 | |
| Cucumbers | $934,043 | 1,238 | |
| GRP Soybeans | $899,147 | 6,311 | |
| Processing Freestone | $865,790 | 1,935 | |
| Sweet Potatoes | $833,051 | 279 | |
| Grass Seed | $781,957 | 1,174 | |
| Processing Cucumbers | $752,605 | 1,681 | |
| GRP Forage Production | $664,079 | 7,381 | |
| Clary Sage | $658,424 | 429 | |
| Chile Peppers | $531,614 | 926 | |
| Pumpkins | $519,783 | 2,151 | |
| Early & Midseason Oranges | $512,254 | 4,514 | |
| Income Protection Wheat | $473,578 | 476 | |
| Buckwheat | $440,198 | 3,608 | |
| Ruby Red Grapefruit | $429,006 | 1,939 | |
| Citrus Trees II | $368,517 | 1,073 | |
| Tangors | $350,782 | 1,012 | |
| Late Oranges | $343,674 | 1,123 | |
| Income Protection Corn | $319,539 | 1,059 | |
| Income Protection Cotton | $289,180 | 83 | |
| Lemons | $217,116 | 69 | |
| Lime Trees | $191,719 | 427 | |
| Citrus VIII | $169,802 | 1,629 | |
| Winter Squash | $149,763 | 1,090 | |
| Sweet Oranges | $96,704 | 747 | |
| Coffee | $93,105 | 736 | |
| ciao_0158 | $91,536 | 1,375 | |
| Crambe | $87,944 | 2,177 | |
| ciao_0093 | $81,092 | 75 | |
| Raspberry And Blackberry | $72,983 | 148 | |
| Citrus III | $64,473 | 1,284 | |
| Mango Trees | $63,775 | 677 | |
| Coffee Tree | $59,144 | 273 | |
| Carambola Trees | $50,112 | 310 | |
| Cigar Filler Tobacco | $36,781 | 439 | |
| ciao_6000 | $34,760 | 7 | |
| Orlando Tangelos | $28,544 | 116 | |
| Grp Wheat | $28,457 | 118 | |
| Maryland Tobacco | $19,423 | 419 | |
| GRP Peanuts | $19,309 | 10 | |
| Lemon Trees | $18,973 | 19 | |
| Papaya | $18,464 | 72 | |
| Tangerine Trees | $16,631 | 65 | |
| Citrus Trees III | $13,059 | 110 | |
| Banana | $12,811 | 32 | |
| Kinnow Mandarins | $9,618 | 13 | |
| Papaya Tree | $5,858 | 90 | |
| GRP Grain Sorghum | $4,544 | 10 | |
| All Other Grapefruit | $1,681 | 64 | |
| Camelina | $1,150 | 290 | |
| GRP Cotton | $679 | 4 | |
| 1995-2018 | $26,852,407,781 | 51,136,186 | |
METHODOLOGY: EWG obtained county level crop insurance information from USDA Risk Management Agency which shows premium subsidies, indemnities and farmer premiums at the county/crop level by crop year. Administrative and Operating Expense Reimbursements to crop insurance companies (A+O), Other program fund costs, Other administrative and operating fund costs expenses, and Government earned interest were allocated to the crop/county level by using the national expenditures/revenue of the Crop Insurance program (available here for 2008-2017 and from RMA previous to 2008) in each category and attributing them the crop/county level by total premiums. EWG was unable to attribute underwriting gains to the county/crop level. Underwriting gains (or losses) are paid to insurance companies when the insurance companies collect more in total subsidies than are paid out in indemnities. Since underwriting gains are paid by company on the basis of all of their policies, EWG was unable to allocate underwriting gains by crop or by region. The total underwriting gains for 1995-2018 is $14.6 billion.
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