Crop Insurance
The United States
| Indemnities | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crop | Indemnities 1995-2018 | Policies | |
| Corn | $47,450,098,935 | 12,731,622 | |
| Soybeans | $20,518,928,909 | 11,903,271 | |
| Wheat | $20,469,556,404 | 7,951,480 | |
| Cotton | $15,092,624,262 | 2,185,177 | |
| Grain Sorghum | $3,010,504,799 | 3,959,461 | |
| Miscellaneous Crops | $2,328,615,319 | 504,112 | |
| Pasture, Rangeland, Forage | $2,037,074,765 | 258,890 | |
| Flue Cured Tobacco | $1,885,983,343 | 223,708 | |
| Rice | $1,512,860,362 | 427,705 | |
| Peanuts | $1,341,903,369 | 534,572 | |
| Sunflowers | $1,340,389,741 | 1,528,408 | |
| Apples | $1,110,871,818 | 77,092 | |
| Dry Beans | $1,044,512,562 | 667,582 | |
| Potatoes | $1,016,282,824 | 111,832 | |
| Burley Tobacco | $1,007,237,119 | 341,572 | |
| Sugar Beets | $900,338,822 | 321,806 | |
| Barley | $894,052,655 | 1,472,934 | |
| Canola | $836,795,269 | 414,548 | |
| Nursery (FG&C) | $636,608,444 | 37,551 | |
| Cherries | $619,061,404 | 37,926 | |
| Forage Production | $604,322,871 | 504,217 | |
| Dry Peas | $571,015,881 | 325,736 | |
| Almonds | $549,784,513 | 88,303 | |
| Cotton Ex Long Staple | $504,748,559 | 31,843 | |
| Grapes | $489,792,360 | 149,506 | |
| Onions | $468,778,806 | 29,501 | |
| Whole Farm Revenue Protection | $446,213,678 | 7,950 | |
| Prunes | $285,853,054 | 19,213 | |
| Fresh Market Tomatoes | $273,821,992 | 11,829 | |
| Pistachios | $265,010,831 | 4,387 | |
| Pecans | $243,717,551 | 22,201 | |
| Hybrid Corn Seed | $241,689,723 | 179,434 | |
| Peaches | $200,801,486 | 18,427 | |
| Tobacco | $183,918,376 | 235,148 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue | $181,340,311 | 7,186 | |
| Navel Oranges | $159,343,260 | 33,041 | |
| Tomatoes | $145,641,085 | 32,476 | |
| Oats | $145,140,429 | 1,338,102 | |
| Blueberries | $143,585,795 | 14,105 | |
| Annual Forage | $143,391,754 | 19,369 | |
| Green Peas | $135,491,695 | 113,915 | |
| Orange Trees | $128,418,413 | 54,772 | |
| Flax | $125,789,675 | 385,821 | |
| Table Grapes | $125,249,760 | 12,606 | |
| Rangeland | $108,488,712 | 24,642 | |
| Popcorn | $107,576,306 | 107,568 | |
| Apiculture | $102,065,050 | 9,468 | |
| Cigar Binder Tobacco | $101,416,883 | 9,191 | |
| Oranges | $98,197,650 | 23,475 | |
| Avocados | $93,081,499 | 23,690 | |
| Peppers | $93,040,561 | 2,897 | |
| Millet | $90,529,960 | 217,718 | |
| Forage Seeding | $89,583,144 | 257,430 | |
| Sweet Corn | $78,023,570 | 103,345 | |
| Citrus VII | $73,150,397 | 15,489 | |
| Fire Cured Tobacco | $72,002,694 | 30,393 | |
| Valencia Oranges | $67,780,425 | 21,362 | |
| Processing Beans | $63,981,662 | 43,200 | |
| Sugarcane | $54,460,039 | 25,316 | |
| Sweetpotatoes | $54,023,528 | 4,154 | |
| Alfalfa Seed | $53,967,304 | 2,941 | |
| Watermelons | $51,082,634 | 505 | |
| Citrus II | $50,081,353 | 26,896 | |
| Revenue Coverage Corn | $43,196,298 | 53,085 | |
| Fresh Market Sweet Corn | $42,667,418 | 12,867 | |
| Dark Air Tobacco | $39,703,660 | 20,443 | |
| Mandarins | $36,083,634 | 3,010 | |
| Grapefruit | $35,900,696 | 6,584 | |
| Cranberries | $35,506,485 | 12,936 | |
| Nursery (container) | $35,337,313 | 7,061 | |
| Mandarines/Tangerines | $35,152,533 | 4,114 | |
| Lemons | $34,612,596 | 15,288 | |
| Plums | $33,875,268 | 11,090 | |
| Olives | $33,670,309 | 3,696 | |
| Pears | $33,350,484 | 19,450 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue-lite | $33,283,439 | 3,017 | |
| Citrus I | $32,572,340 | 33,662 | |
| Grapefruit Trees | $32,120,095 | 14,979 | |
| Raisins | $31,823,009 | 49,647 | |
| Silage Sorghum | $31,503,433 | 72,879 | |
| Walnuts | $29,720,553 | 29,501 | |
| Fresh Market Beans | $29,593,350 | 1,395 | |
| Safflower | $26,844,570 | 85,489 | |
| Cabbage | $26,183,965 | 4,438 | |
| Clams | $26,079,068 | 4,395 | |
| Cigar Wrapper Tobacco | $25,790,006 | 500 | |
| Hybrid Sorghum Seed | $25,665,707 | 55,165 | |
| Fresh Nectarines | $21,199,813 | 10,168 | |
| Mustard | $21,128,649 | 48,092 | |
| Processing Cling Peaches | $20,103,509 | 8,810 | |
| Fresh Apricots | $19,001,443 | 3,407 | |
| Citrus V | $17,632,772 | 5,768 | |
| Processing Apricots | $14,493,561 | 1,477 | |
| Strawberries | $14,407,218 | 2,002 | |
| Macadamia Nuts | $11,846,724 | 655 | |
| Sesame | $11,528,024 | 41,461 | |
| Fresh Freestone Peaches | $10,417,217 | 10,110 | |
| Revenue Coverage Soybeans | $10,277,807 | 39,282 | |
| Processing Cucumbers | $9,903,016 | 1,681 | |
| Citrus IV | $9,424,251 | 12,368 | |
| Mint | $9,364,620 | 2,034 | |
| Stonefruit | $9,160,740 | 2,476 | |
| Cultivated Wild Rice | $8,912,224 | 1,192 | |
| Avocado Trees | $8,592,769 | 4,218 | |
| Fresh Plum | $8,142,443 | 2,529 | |
| ciin_0080 | $7,712,421 | 349 | |
| Rye | $7,503,828 | 18,809 | |
| All Other Citrus Trees | $7,465,213 | 13,360 | |
| Minneola Tangelos | $7,446,074 | 2,750 | |
| Pumpkins | $7,322,123 | 2,151 | |
| Cucumbers | $7,068,142 | 1,238 | |
| Rio Red & Star Ruby | $6,515,811 | 6,196 | |
| GRP Corn | $6,234,165 | 10,251 | |
| Lime Trees | $5,903,500 | 427 | |
| Tangors | $4,397,852 | 1,012 | |
| Figs | $4,244,889 | 1,056 | |
| Clary Sage | $3,965,612 | 429 | |
| Sweet Potatoes | $3,321,667 | 279 | |
| Citrus | $3,235,473 | 14,043 | |
| Tangelos | $2,725,186 | 1,961 | |
| Coffee | $2,660,577 | 736 | |
| Grass Seed | $1,840,849 | 1,174 | |
| Buckwheat | $1,832,682 | 3,608 | |
| Processing Freestone | $1,818,957 | 1,935 | |
| GRP Soybeans | $1,426,108 | 6,311 | |
| Chile Peppers | $1,355,237 | 926 | |
| Early & Midseason Oranges | $1,184,741 | 4,514 | |
| Winter Squash | $1,085,014 | 1,090 | |
| Lemons | $1,065,169 | 69 | |
| Income Protection Wheat | $715,378 | 476 | |
| ciin_0093 | $681,510 | 75 | |
| Citrus Trees IV | $582,946 | 5,914 | |
| Macadamia Trees | $541,478 | 740 | |
| ciin_0158 | $472,450 | 1,375 | |
| Lemon Trees | $409,745 | 19 | |
| Ruby Red Grapefruit | $396,723 | 1,939 | |
| Sweet Oranges | $382,950 | 747 | |
| Papaya | $362,866 | 72 | |
| Income Protection Cotton | $298,362 | 83 | |
| Late Oranges | $286,613 | 1,123 | |
| GRP Forage Production | $228,770 | 7,381 | |
| Maryland Tobacco | $227,057 | 419 | |
| Mango Trees | $225,101 | 677 | |
| Papaya Tree | $220,210 | 90 | |
| Crambe | $211,147 | 2,177 | |
| Citrus III | $174,767 | 1,284 | |
| Income Protection Corn | $155,230 | 1,059 | |
| Orlando Tangelos | $112,812 | 116 | |
| Citrus VIII | $107,133 | 1,629 | |
| Carambola Trees | $91,165 | 310 | |
| Citrus Trees I | $66,811 | 4,650 | |
| Grp Wheat | $65,194 | 118 | |
| Raspberry And Blackberry | $63,391 | 148 | |
| Cigar Filler Tobacco | $45,870 | 439 | |
| Citrus Trees II | $21,246 | 1,073 | |
| Citrus Trees | $12,371 | 2,106 | |
| GRP Peanuts | $8,499 | 10 | |
| All Other Grapefruit | $4,528 | 64 | |
| Banana | $2,452 | 32 | |
| Citrus Trees V | $361 | 1,957 | |
| Citrus Trees III | $161 | 110 | |
| GRP Cotton | $0 | 4 | |
| GRP Grain Sorghum | $0 | 10 | |
| Tangerine Trees | $0 | 65 | |
| Kinnow Mandarins | $0 | 13 | |
| Coffee Tree | $0 | 273 | |
| Camelina | $0 | 290 | |
| ciin_6000 | $0 | 7 | |
| 1995-2018 | $134,451,975,970 | 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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