Crop Insurance
The United States
Crop Insurance premium subsidies by cause of loss for Grain Sorghum, 1995-2022
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.
| Crop Insurance premium subsidies by cause of loss for Grain Sorghum, 1995-2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Premium subsidies 1995-2022 | ||
| Drought | $650,868,075 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $108,030,294 | ||
| Heat | $55,102,639 | ||
| Decline in Price | $40,896,078 | ||
| Hot Wind | $30,802,451 | ||
| Hail | $25,897,238 | ||
| Freeze | $16,140,618 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $15,439,139 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIPWI Crops Only* | $11,734,507 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $4,438,287 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Supply/Equipment | $3,292,057 | ||
| Insects | $2,751,676 | ||
| Flood | $2,646,094 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $2,243,896 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $2,122,898 | ||
| Wildlife | $2,026,644 | ||
| Frost | $1,686,546 | ||
| All Other Causes | $775,854 | ||
| Plant Disease | $461,943 | ||
| Cold Winter | $235,017 | ||
| Tornado | $79,367 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $56,955 | ||
| Fire | $44,031 | ||
| Cyclone | $29,665 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $14,549 | ||
| Earthquake | $10,918 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $5,930 | ||
| Erosion | $5,603 | ||
| 1995-2022 | $977,838,969 | ||
* 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 and 2022.
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