Crop Insurance
The United States
| Farmer Premiums | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crop | Farmer Premiums 1995-2016 | Policies | |
| Corn | $19,995,796,695 | 11,086,724 | |
| Soybeans | $11,186,769,731 | 10,350,167 | |
| Wheat | $8,023,144,028 | 7,037,903 | |
| Cotton | $3,758,849,732 | 1,910,389 | |
| Grain Sorghum | $1,067,694,309 | 3,462,336 | |
| Pasture, Rangeland, Forage | $605,509,790 | 172,941 | |
| Miscellaneous Crops | $600,914,978 | 428,235 | |
| Potatoes | $498,405,223 | 100,082 | |
| Peanuts | $461,777,545 | 466,800 | |
| Dry Beans | $447,056,375 | 581,532 | |
| Sunflowers | $403,661,360 | 1,317,679 | |
| Sugar Beets | $393,943,506 | 283,143 | |
| Barley | $378,599,433 | 1,312,126 | |
| Almonds | $352,457,445 | 75,464 | |
| Flue Cured Tobacco | $315,703,014 | 207,014 | |
| Rice | $285,914,580 | 373,149 | |
| Canola | $270,779,923 | 344,211 | |
| Apples | $269,861,796 | 70,083 | |
| Grapes | $228,908,272 | 135,217 | |
| Forage Production | $201,314,387 | 469,947 | |
| Burley Tobacco | $171,334,890 | 325,970 | |
| Hybrid Corn Seed | $168,419,551 | 161,309 | |
| Dry Peas | $154,899,909 | 257,313 | |
| Nursery (FG&C) | $148,227,786 | 34,907 | |
| Cherries | $148,074,070 | 31,512 | |
| Onions | $123,908,080 | 25,502 | |
| Raisins | $95,404,079 | 45,948 | |
| Tomatoes | $94,072,866 | 29,183 | |
| Prunes | $91,732,808 | 17,644 | |
| Cotton Ex Long Staple | $89,603,362 | 28,337 | |
| Fresh Market Tomatoes | $87,021,104 | 10,686 | |
| Revenue Coverage Corn | $80,683,503 | 53,085 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue | $65,242,551 | 7,183 | |
| Orange Trees | $65,200,575 | 48,009 | |
| Navel Oranges | $56,412,862 | 31,193 | |
| Peaches | $56,039,871 | 16,973 | |
| Oats | $54,967,148 | 1,189,665 | |
| Pecans | $54,766,689 | 18,542 | |
| Popcorn | $48,735,250 | 94,240 | |
| Green Peas | $45,258,875 | 102,269 | |
| Flax | $43,223,357 | 336,000 | |
| Whole Farm Revenue Protection | $37,675,390 | 2,534 | |
| Sweet Corn | $37,426,494 | 92,782 | |
| Millet | $37,237,210 | 176,414 | |
| Tobacco | $36,309,260 | 235,148 | |
| Peppers | $32,172,740 | 2,435 | |
| Table Grapes | $30,451,248 | 11,492 | |
| Pistachios | $29,605,943 | 2,395 | |
| Rangeland | $29,583,888 | 24,642 | |
| Sugarcane | $29,141,932 | 22,815 | |
| Oranges | $27,245,406 | 13,447 | |
| Processing Beans | $23,494,624 | 36,714 | |
| Cigar Binder Tobacco | $22,844,828 | 8,549 | |
| Blueberries | $22,615,721 | 11,485 | |
| Revenue Coverage Soybeans | $22,404,626 | 39,282 | |
| Apiculture | $22,391,393 | 3,592 | |
| Walnuts | $22,143,302 | 25,209 | |
| Valencia Oranges | $21,115,645 | 20,386 | |
| Cranberries | $20,794,267 | 11,577 | |
| Forage Seeding | $20,368,392 | 214,555 | |
| Fresh Market Sweet Corn | $20,206,304 | 11,969 | |
| Lemons | $19,362,048 | 12,457 | |
| Citrus II | $16,887,557 | 25,287 | |
| Grapefruit Trees | $15,752,168 | 13,137 | |
| Plums | $15,079,498 | 10,119 | |
| Nursery (container) | $14,304,383 | 7,061 | |
| Citrus VII | $13,707,131 | 14,956 | |
| Mandarines/Tangerines | $13,403,758 | 1,759 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue-lite | $12,912,749 | 3,017 | |
| Citrus Trees IV | $12,687,813 | 5,914 | |
| Fire Cured Tobacco | $12,598,713 | 27,318 | |
| Mandarins | $12,598,661 | 2,599 | |
| Avocados | $11,879,294 | 19,705 | |
| Processing Cling Peaches | $10,659,010 | 7,858 | |
| Hybrid Sorghum Seed | $10,513,479 | 46,111 | |
| Safflower | $9,660,631 | 73,241 | |
| Fresh Nectarines | $9,534,831 | 9,315 | |
| Annual Forage | $8,781,903 | 6,091 | |
| GRP Corn | $8,114,053 | 10,251 | |
| Citrus I | $7,808,861 | 31,933 | |
| Pears | $7,612,600 | 17,370 | |
| Cigar Wrapper Tobacco | $7,297,988 | 466 | |
| Silage Sorghum | $7,229,425 | 51,570 | |
| Alfalfa Seed | $7,027,671 | 1,991 | |
| Sweetpotatoes | $6,469,859 | 4,154 | |
| Strawberries | $6,018,319 | 2,002 | |
| Clams | $5,951,565 | 4,276 | |
| Grapefruit | $5,948,988 | 4,536 | |
| Fresh Apricots | $5,906,448 | 3,058 | |
| Citrus Trees | $5,671,229 | 2,106 | |
| Fresh Market Beans | $5,629,255 | 1,255 | |
| Citrus | $5,566,299 | 14,043 | |
| Olives | $5,560,576 | 2,444 | |
| Mustard | $5,527,048 | 38,175 | |
| Watermelons | $5,398,363 | 505 | |
| Rio Red & Star Ruby | $5,346,016 | 5,764 | |
| Cabbage | $5,341,239 | 3,904 | |
| Processing Apricots | $5,333,729 | 1,390 | |
| Macadamia Trees | $4,921,034 | 700 | |
| Citrus Trees I | $4,737,369 | 4,650 | |
| All Other Citrus Trees | $4,228,005 | 12,164 | |
| Fresh Freestone Peaches | $4,142,399 | 9,205 | |
| Citrus V | $3,751,471 | 5,504 | |
| Mint | $3,711,477 | 1,673 | |
| Cultivated Wild Rice | $3,258,640 | 986 | |
| Minneola Tangelos | $3,045,381 | 2,551 | |
| Figs | $2,975,358 | 1,002 | |
| Avocado Trees | $2,972,699 | 3,731 | |
| Dark Air Tobacco | $2,853,608 | 17,020 | |
| Citrus Trees V | $2,727,777 | 1,957 | |
| Macadamia Nuts | $2,589,904 | 637 | |
| Rye | $2,345,117 | 16,032 | |
| GRP Soybeans | $2,172,616 | 6,311 | |
| Stonefruit | $2,060,608 | 2,476 | |
| Sesame | $2,016,010 | 23,360 | |
| Citrus IV | $1,674,544 | 12,012 | |
| Processing Cucumbers | $1,591,580 | 1,681 | |
| Fresh Plum | $1,336,084 | 2,529 | |
| Cucumbers | $1,256,675 | 551 | |
| Processing Freestone | $1,234,020 | 1,735 | |
| Pumpkins | $1,190,525 | 1,415 | |
| Tangelos | $1,148,510 | 1,039 | |
| Buckwheat | $928,785 | 2,368 | |
| Citrus Trees II | $924,987 | 1,073 | |
| Income Protection Wheat | $892,380 | 476 | |
| Income Protection Corn | $818,412 | 1,059 | |
| Chile Peppers | $812,760 | 792 | |
| Early & Midseason Oranges | $725,526 | 4,225 | |
| Late Oranges | $657,003 | 1,021 | |
| Ruby Red Grapefruit | $651,591 | 1,839 | |
| Tangors | $646,933 | 614 | |
| Grass Seed | $586,744 | 729 | |
| GRP Forage Production | $571,177 | 7,381 | |
| Lemons | $566,006 | 49 | |
| Income Protection Cotton | $543,804 | 83 | |
| cifp_0080 | $539,632 | 50 | |
| Clary Sage | $393,862 | 87 | |
| Citrus VIII | $377,774 | 1,361 | |
| Lime Trees | $333,511 | 427 | |
| Sweet Potatoes | $314,245 | 189 | |
| Crambe | $206,702 | 2,177 | |
| Sweet Oranges | $199,679 | 676 | |
| Winter Squash | $147,920 | 1,090 | |
| Coffee | $117,532 | 498 | |
| Citrus III | $64,382 | 1,210 | |
| GRP Peanuts | $57,247 | 10 | |
| Carambola Trees | $57,239 | 283 | |
| Coffee Tree | $53,772 | 192 | |
| Mango Trees | $51,933 | 604 | |
| Grp Wheat | $49,307 | 118 | |
| Cigar Filler Tobacco | $47,752 | 396 | |
| Maryland Tobacco | $32,512 | 419 | |
| Raspberry And Blackberry | $23,948 | 148 | |
| Tangerine Trees | $23,363 | 43 | |
| Citrus Trees III | $22,174 | 110 | |
| Papaya | $19,040 | 63 | |
| Orlando Tangelos | $10,683 | 116 | |
| GRP Grain Sorghum | $8,873 | 10 | |
| Papaya Tree | $4,646 | 72 | |
| Camelina | $1,803 | 149 | |
| GRP Cotton | $1,727 | 4 | |
| Banana | $1,384 | 32 | |
| All Other Grapefruit | $349 | 57 | |
| Kinnow Mandarins | $0 | 13 | |
| 1995-2016 | $52,657,033,589 | 44,668,406 | |
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 2003-2014 and from RMA previous to 2003) 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 1995-2016 is $14.6 billion.
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