Crop Insurance
The United States
Crop Insurance premium subsidies by cause of loss for Barley, 1995-2023
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 Barley, 1995-2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Premium subsidies 1995-2023 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $73,977,385 | ||
| Drought | $70,788,784 | ||
| Hail | $30,988,113 | ||
| Heat | $17,980,468 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $4,950,992 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Equipment | $3,419,929 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $3,407,370 | ||
| Frost | $3,243,175 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only * | $2,937,695 | ||
| Decline in Price | $2,748,415 | ||
| Plant Disease | $2,546,534 | ||
| Freeze | $2,201,560 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $1,279,875 | ||
| Hot Wind | $1,140,652 | ||
| Insects | $1,002,145 | ||
| Cold Winter | $802,740 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $772,283 | ||
| Flood | $446,860 | ||
| Wildlife | $377,243 | ||
| All Other Causes | $287,469 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Supply | $205,917 | ||
| Fire | $39,253 | ||
| Tornado | $8,131 | ||
| Earthquake | $3,621 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $3,527 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $3,139 | ||
| Cyclone | $3,090 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $2,572 | ||
| Erosion | $184 | ||
| 1995-2023 | $225,569,121 | ||
* 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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