Crop Insurance
The United States
| Total Costs (see methodology) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crop | Total Costs (see methodology) 1995-2018 | Policies | |
| Corn | $33,154,910,414 | 12,731,622 | |
| Wheat | $15,173,902,787 | 7,951,480 | |
| Cotton | $12,678,867,502 | 2,185,177 | |
| Soybeans | $12,511,660,928 | 11,903,271 | |
| Grain Sorghum | $2,331,469,769 | 3,959,461 | |
| Miscellaneous Crops | $1,875,486,707 | 504,112 | |
| Flue Cured Tobacco | $1,635,298,082 | 223,708 | |
| Rice | $1,309,864,179 | 427,705 | |
| Pasture, Rangeland, Forage | $1,257,508,500 | 258,890 | |
| Sunflowers | $1,098,819,827 | 1,528,408 | |
| Peanuts | $1,025,080,055 | 534,572 | |
| Apples | $937,970,117 | 77,092 | |
| Burley Tobacco | $876,736,098 | 341,572 | |
| Dry Beans | $741,150,936 | 667,582 | |
| Potatoes | $721,527,985 | 111,832 | |
| Barley | $654,440,524 | 1,472,934 | |
| Canola | $632,889,101 | 414,548 | |
| Sugar Beets | $614,216,629 | 321,806 | |
| Nursery (FG&C) | $592,625,334 | 37,551 | |
| Forage Production | $510,579,759 | 504,217 | |
| Cherries | $473,118,958 | 37,926 | |
| Cotton Ex Long Staple | $439,399,664 | 31,843 | |
| Dry Peas | $430,651,666 | 325,736 | |
| Whole Farm Revenue Protection | $388,627,389 | 7,950 | |
| Onions | $386,525,937 | 29,501 | |
| Grapes | $368,047,355 | 149,506 | |
| Almonds | $305,274,084 | 88,303 | |
| Fresh Market Tomatoes | $227,747,234 | 11,829 | |
| Pistachios | $220,391,389 | 4,387 | |
| Prunes | $218,053,722 | 19,213 | |
| Pecans | $201,302,448 | 22,201 | |
| Tobacco | $168,903,058 | 235,148 | |
| Peaches | $163,517,682 | 18,427 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue | $142,493,835 | 7,186 | |
| Blueberries | $127,752,987 | 14,105 | |
| Hybrid Corn Seed | $127,309,373 | 179,434 | |
| Navel Oranges | $126,481,259 | 33,041 | |
| Table Grapes | $122,240,635 | 12,606 | |
| Orange Trees | $117,799,537 | 54,772 | |
| Oats | $111,913,395 | 1,338,102 | |
| Green Peas | $102,792,600 | 113,915 | |
| Annual Forage | $102,483,191 | 19,369 | |
| Avocados | $99,282,391 | 23,690 | |
| Flax | $97,439,711 | 385,821 | |
| Rangeland | $94,612,528 | 24,642 | |
| Tomatoes | $90,158,666 | 32,476 | |
| Cigar Binder Tobacco | $83,672,769 | 9,191 | |
| Forage Seeding | $75,810,441 | 257,430 | |
| Peppers | $74,382,397 | 2,897 | |
| Popcorn | $69,726,664 | 107,568 | |
| Oranges | $66,804,132 | 23,475 | |
| Citrus VII | $64,907,635 | 15,489 | |
| Millet | $64,700,212 | 217,718 | |
| Apiculture | $61,749,824 | 9,468 | |
| Fire Cured Tobacco | $60,471,951 | 30,393 | |
| Valencia Oranges | $57,135,139 | 21,362 | |
| Sweet Corn | $52,520,723 | 103,345 | |
| Sweetpotatoes | $51,337,796 | 4,154 | |
| Sugarcane | $49,007,955 | 25,316 | |
| Processing Beans | $47,898,613 | 43,200 | |
| Alfalfa Seed | $46,831,403 | 2,941 | |
| Watermelons | $45,944,477 | 505 | |
| Citrus II | $44,320,729 | 26,896 | |
| Dark Air Tobacco | $36,396,605 | 20,443 | |
| Citrus I | $32,741,040 | 33,662 | |
| Grapefruit | $31,195,267 | 6,584 | |
| Nursery (container) | $31,115,219 | 7,061 | |
| Fresh Market Sweet Corn | $30,428,427 | 12,867 | |
| Pears | $28,986,010 | 19,450 | |
| Olives | $27,459,203 | 3,696 | |
| Mandarins | $27,012,196 | 3,010 | |
| Fresh Market Beans | $26,385,356 | 1,395 | |
| Silage Sorghum | $26,207,025 | 72,879 | |
| Adjusted Gross Revenue-lite | $24,994,722 | 3,017 | |
| Plums | $24,713,534 | 11,090 | |
| Grapefruit Trees | $23,770,929 | 14,979 | |
| Cranberries | $23,504,460 | 12,936 | |
| Cabbage | $23,254,008 | 4,438 | |
| Clams | $22,819,806 | 4,395 | |
| Hybrid Sorghum Seed | $22,424,032 | 55,165 | |
| Cigar Wrapper Tobacco | $21,920,898 | 500 | |
| Lemons | $21,765,714 | 15,288 | |
| Safflower | $21,567,216 | 85,489 | |
| Walnuts | $19,670,316 | 29,501 | |
| Mustard | $17,011,821 | 48,092 | |
| Fresh Nectarines | $15,985,273 | 10,168 | |
| Citrus V | $15,398,389 | 5,768 | |
| Fresh Apricots | $15,037,806 | 3,407 | |
| Mandarines/Tangerines | $14,152,291 | 4,114 | |
| Strawberries | $13,575,207 | 2,002 | |
| Processing Cling Peaches | $13,295,766 | 8,810 | |
| Citrus | $12,148,609 | 14,043 | |
| Processing Apricots | $10,802,616 | 1,477 | |
| Macadamia Nuts | $10,125,257 | 655 | |
| Citrus IV | $9,245,769 | 12,368 | |
| Stonefruit | $9,202,545 | 2,476 | |
| Processing Cucumbers | $9,079,878 | 1,681 | |
| Sesame | $9,072,527 | 41,461 | |
| Fresh Freestone Peaches | $9,020,199 | 10,110 | |
| Fresh Plum | $8,092,343 | 2,529 | |
| Mint | $6,796,915 | 2,034 | |
| Cultivated Wild Rice | $6,439,780 | 1,192 | |
| Rio Red & Star Ruby | $6,439,696 | 6,196 | |
| All Other Citrus Trees | $6,247,687 | 13,360 | |
| Pumpkins | $6,052,293 | 2,151 | |
| Avocado Trees | $6,012,200 | 4,218 | |
| Lime Trees | $5,733,684 | 427 | |
| Minneola Tangelos | $5,652,632 | 2,750 | |
| Rye | $5,637,446 | 18,809 | |
| citc_0080 | $5,581,029 | 349 | |
| Cucumbers | $5,313,462 | 1,238 | |
| Tangors | $3,677,659 | 1,012 | |
| Clary Sage | $3,325,332 | 429 | |
| Sweet Potatoes | $2,861,499 | 279 | |
| Figs | $2,635,540 | 1,056 | |
| Coffee | $2,480,982 | 736 | |
| GRP Corn | $1,826,969 | 10,251 | |
| Grass Seed | $1,598,808 | 1,174 | |
| Tangelos | $1,249,334 | 1,961 | |
| Processing Freestone | $1,130,157 | 1,935 | |
| Winter Squash | $1,095,556 | 1,090 | |
| Chile Peppers | $1,073,360 | 926 | |
| Buckwheat | $1,028,336 | 3,608 | |
| Early & Midseason Oranges | $913,259 | 4,514 | |
| Lemons | $683,747 | 69 | |
| citc_0093 | $547,241 | 75 | |
| GRP Forage Production | $410,936 | 7,381 | |
| Lemon Trees | $380,237 | 19 | |
| Income Protection Wheat | $346,604 | 476 | |
| Papaya | $343,479 | 72 | |
| citc_0158 | $320,788 | 1,375 | |
| GRP Soybeans | $312,136 | 6,311 | |
| Sweet Oranges | $255,232 | 747 | |
| Papaya Tree | $216,778 | 90 | |
| Maryland Tobacco | $212,865 | 419 | |
| Mango Trees | $197,235 | 677 | |
| Citrus III | $173,099 | 1,284 | |
| Ruby Red Grapefruit | $153,450 | 1,939 | |
| Orlando Tangelos | $131,235 | 116 | |
| Raspberry And Blackberry | $119,808 | 148 | |
| Income Protection Cotton | $74,287 | 83 | |
| Crambe | $52,622 | 2,177 | |
| Carambola Trees | $48,743 | 310 | |
| Grp Wheat | $48,367 | 118 | |
| citc_6000 | $34,760 | 7 | |
| Cigar Filler Tobacco | $32,187 | 439 | |
| Banana | $14,185 | 32 | |
| Kinnow Mandarins | $11,145 | 13 | |
| All Other Grapefruit | $5,889 | 64 | |
| GRP Cotton | $-879 | 4 | |
| Camelina | $-1,682 | 290 | |
| GRP Grain Sorghum | $-3,849 | 10 | |
| Citrus Trees III | $-9,189 | 110 | |
| GRP Peanuts | $-25,368 | 10 | |
| Tangerine Trees | $-26,129 | 65 | |
| Coffee Tree | $-92,081 | 273 | |
| Late Oranges | $-92,865 | 1,123 | |
| Citrus VIII | $-196,438 | 1,629 | |
| Income Protection Corn | $-309,888 | 1,059 | |
| Citrus Trees II | $-538,123 | 1,073 | |
| Citrus Trees V | $-1,694,329 | 1,957 | |
| Macadamia Trees | $-1,947,201 | 740 | |
| Citrus Trees I | $-2,704,147 | 4,650 | |
| Citrus Trees | $-2,743,081 | 2,106 | |
| Revenue Coverage Soybeans | $-3,358,229 | 39,282 | |
| Revenue Coverage Corn | $-6,261,975 | 53,085 | |
| Citrus Trees IV | $-6,480,297 | 5,914 | |
| Raisins | $-25,775,020 | 49,647 | |
| 1995-2018 | $97,589,796,961 | 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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