Crop Insurance
The United States
| Premium Subsidies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crop | Premium Subsidies 1995-2018 | Policies | |
| Corn | $34,245,516,785 | 12,731,622 | |
| Soybeans | $20,315,320,451 | 11,903,271 | |
| Wheat | $13,626,435,820 | 7,951,480 | |
| Cotton | $8,591,447,361 | 2,185,177 | |
| Grain Sorghum | $1,981,154,955 | 3,959,461 | |
| Miscellaneous Crops | $1,849,998,938 | 504,112 | |
| Pasture, Rangeland, Forage | $1,353,958,694 | 258,890 | |
| Potatoes | $1,017,490,564 | 111,832 | |
| Apples | $832,908,528 | 77,092 | |
| Sunflowers | $724,371,908 | 1,528,408 | |
| Dry Beans | $722,482,755 | 667,582 | |
| Rice | $712,196,220 | 427,705 | |
| Almonds | $701,149,984 | 88,303 | |
| Peanuts | $682,607,007 | 534,572 | |
| Grapes | $629,841,905 | 149,506 | |
| Barley | $606,572,613 | 1,472,934 | |
| Canola | $560,752,959 | 414,548 | |
| Sugar Beets | $528,686,707 | 321,806 | |
| Forage Production | $528,138,242 | 504,217 | |
| Nursery (FG&C) | $494,150,265 | 37,551 | |
| Flue Cured Tobacco | $455,391,801 | 223,708 | |
| Dry Peas | $362,204,016 | 325,736 | |
| Onions | $308,753,321 | 29,501 | |
| Cherries | $297,678,908 | 37,926 | |
| Whole Farm Revenue Protection | $287,278,758 | 7,950 | |
| Orange Trees | $280,049,138 | 54,772 | |
| Burley Tobacco | $252,383,813 | 341,572 | |
| Hybrid Corn Seed | $229,227,501 | 179,434 | |
| Fresh Market Tomatoes | $185,734,688 | 11,829 | |
| Tomatoes | $168,218,087 | 32,476 | |
| Prunes | $166,657,848 | 19,213 | |
| Table Grapes | $160,065,581 | 12,606 | |
| Cotton Ex Long Staple | $155,125,337 | 31,843 | |
| Raisins | $134,370,314 | 49,647 | |
| Pistachios | $122,490,390 | 4,387 | |
| Peaches | $121,345,770 | 18,427 | |
| Avocados | $117,648,135 | 23,690 | |
| Pecans | $114,498,215 | 22,201 | |
| Sugarcane | $112,905,551 | 25,316 | |
| Oranges | $109,853,076 | 23,475 | |
| Blueberries | $104,727,404 | 14,105 | |
| Navel Oranges | $104,054,224 | 33,041 | |
| Oats | $99,403,040 | 1,338,102 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue | $77,158,594 | 7,186 | |
| Walnuts | $75,634,614 | 29,501 | |
| Lemons | $74,824,124 | 15,288 | |
| Mandarines/Tangerines | $73,288,045 | 4,114 | |
| Flax | $71,323,214 | 385,821 | |
| Green Peas | $69,713,426 | 113,915 | |
| Popcorn | $68,693,820 | 107,568 | |
| Annual Forage | $65,081,409 | 19,369 | |
| Millet | $64,220,120 | 217,718 | |
| Apiculture | $61,652,364 | 9,468 | |
| Sweet Corn | $55,695,871 | 103,345 | |
| Citrus II | $53,835,415 | 26,896 | |
| Peppers | $51,637,154 | 2,897 | |
| Grapefruit Trees | $48,009,788 | 14,979 | |
| Citrus | $44,869,018 | 14,043 | |
| Processing Beans | $44,410,298 | 43,200 | |
| Cigar Binder Tobacco | $42,942,214 | 9,191 | |
| Valencia Oranges | $41,598,932 | 21,362 | |
| Rangeland | $40,449,944 | 24,642 | |
| Plums | $39,466,247 | 11,090 | |
| Fresh Market Sweet Corn | $39,038,493 | 12,867 | |
| Cranberries | $38,877,676 | 12,936 | |
| Citrus I | $37,075,160 | 33,662 | |
| Forage Seeding | $36,638,754 | 257,430 | |
| Tobacco | $36,448,662 | 235,148 | |
| Mandarins | $35,142,132 | 3,010 | |
| Hybrid Sorghum Seed | $34,375,808 | 55,165 | |
| Fresh Nectarines | $32,795,551 | 10,168 | |
| Revenue Coverage Corn | $30,008,756 | 53,085 | |
| Rio Red & Star Ruby | $28,580,933 | 6,196 | |
| Pears | $27,728,899 | 19,450 | |
| Fire Cured Tobacco | $27,723,221 | 30,393 | |
| Nursery (container) | $26,841,952 | 7,061 | |
| Citrus VII | $25,270,156 | 15,489 | |
| Safflower | $23,597,648 | 85,489 | |
| Processing Cling Peaches | $22,128,618 | 8,810 | |
| Fresh Freestone Peaches | $20,816,474 | 10,110 | |
| Grapefruit | $20,381,363 | 6,584 | |
| Strawberries | $17,105,052 | 2,002 | |
| Olives | $16,506,971 | 3,696 | |
| Alfalfa Seed | $16,372,370 | 2,941 | |
| Cabbage | $16,144,444 | 4,438 | |
| Citrus Trees IV | $15,625,581 | 5,914 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue-lite | $15,547,221 | 3,017 | |
| Silage Sorghum | $14,547,919 | 72,879 | |
| All Other Citrus Trees | $13,936,156 | 13,360 | |
| Fresh Apricots | $12,419,792 | 3,407 | |
| Sweetpotatoes | $12,370,681 | 4,154 | |
| Cigar Wrapper Tobacco | $11,644,268 | 500 | |
| Mustard | $10,828,666 | 48,092 | |
| Clams | $10,444,793 | 4,395 | |
| Macadamia Trees | $9,077,839 | 740 | |
| Revenue Coverage Soybeans | $8,679,695 | 39,282 | |
| Fresh Market Beans | $8,121,300 | 1,395 | |
| Processing Apricots | $7,792,533 | 1,477 | |
| Dark Air Tobacco | $7,276,463 | 20,443 | |
| Mint | $7,168,569 | 2,034 | |
| Avocado Trees | $7,133,590 | 4,218 | |
| Minneola Tangelos | $6,350,730 | 2,750 | |
| Citrus IV | $6,127,520 | 12,368 | |
| Sesame | $6,012,742 | 41,461 | |
| Cultivated Wild Rice | $5,855,667 | 1,192 | |
| Citrus V | $5,328,512 | 5,768 | |
| Citrus Trees I | $5,200,747 | 4,650 | |
| Stonefruit | $5,091,953 | 2,476 | |
| Rye | $4,821,417 | 18,809 | |
| Sweet Potatoes | $4,594,718 | 279 | |
| GRP Corn | $4,561,037 | 10,251 | |
| Figs | $4,513,948 | 1,056 | |
| Citrus Trees | $4,402,046 | 2,106 | |
| Grass Seed | $4,380,396 | 1,174 | |
| Tangelos | $4,356,138 | 1,961 | |
| Macadamia Nuts | $3,952,908 | 655 | |
| cips_0080 | $3,951,423 | 349 | |
| Cucumbers | $3,524,984 | 1,238 | |
| Watermelons | $3,409,170 | 505 | |
| Processing Freestone | $3,210,854 | 1,935 | |
| Fresh Plum | $3,104,019 | 2,529 | |
| Clary Sage | $3,027,829 | 429 | |
| Citrus Trees V | $2,503,739 | 1,957 | |
| Early & Midseason Oranges | $2,082,387 | 4,514 | |
| GRP Forage Production | $2,053,763 | 7,381 | |
| Processing Cucumbers | $1,918,771 | 1,681 | |
| Buckwheat | $1,902,867 | 3,608 | |
| Chile Peppers | $1,842,603 | 926 | |
| Pumpkins | $1,837,274 | 2,151 | |
| Ruby Red Grapefruit | $1,603,859 | 1,939 | |
| GRP Soybeans | $1,426,212 | 6,311 | |
| Late Oranges | $1,324,829 | 1,123 | |
| Tangors | $1,292,737 | 1,012 | |
| Income Protection Wheat | $963,782 | 476 | |
| Citrus Trees II | $908,436 | 1,073 | |
| Lemons | $870,815 | 69 | |
| Citrus VIII | $718,426 | 1,629 | |
| Income Protection Cotton | $589,622 | 83 | |
| Winter Squash | $550,929 | 1,090 | |
| Lime Trees | $525,571 | 427 | |
| Income Protection Corn | $434,003 | 1,059 | |
| Coffee | $346,701 | 736 | |
| cips_0158 | $346,017 | 1,375 | |
| Sweet Oranges | $335,701 | 747 | |
| Raspberry And Blackberry | $319,114 | 148 | |
| cips_0093 | $306,803 | 75 | |
| Citrus III | $276,359 | 1,284 | |
| Mango Trees | $261,599 | 677 | |
| Coffee Tree | $242,410 | 273 | |
| cips_6000 | $224,182 | 7 | |
| Carambola Trees | $200,809 | 310 | |
| Crambe | $198,011 | 2,177 | |
| Cigar Filler Tobacco | $133,728 | 439 | |
| Orlando Tangelos | $118,015 | 116 | |
| Papaya | $81,637 | 72 | |
| Banana | $77,738 | 32 | |
| Lemon Trees | $73,767 | 19 | |
| Tangerine Trees | $72,314 | 65 | |
| Grp Wheat | $63,406 | 118 | |
| Maryland Tobacco | $60,894 | 419 | |
| Citrus Trees III | $42,352 | 110 | |
| Kinnow Mandarins | $40,608 | 13 | |
| Papaya Tree | $28,213 | 90 | |
| GRP Peanuts | $20,784 | 10 | |
| GRP Grain Sorghum | $8,937 | 10 | |
| All Other Grapefruit | $8,139 | 64 | |
| Camelina | $4,888 | 290 | |
| GRP Cotton | $1,047 | 4 | |
| 1995-2018 | $97,226,989,903 | 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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