Crop Insurance
California
Crop insurance indemnities in California
Total indemnities, 1995-2022: $7,161,141,342
Indemnities by County, 1995-2022
Indemnities by year, 1995-2022
Indemnities by crop, 1995-2022
Indemnities by cause of loss, 1995-2022
| Indemnities by cause of loss | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Indemnities paid 1995-2022 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Supply/Equipment | $1,375,287,849 | ||
| Heat | $1,356,107,722 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $1,315,412,921 | ||
| Freeze | $826,502,601 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIPWI Crops Only* | $560,798,466 | ||
| Frost | $448,410,715 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $331,861,991 | ||
| Fire | $274,247,931 | ||
| Hail | $201,184,221 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $149,480,526 | ||
| Drought | $107,875,741 | ||
| Decline in Price | $54,727,218 | ||
| Hot Wind | $32,905,356 | ||
| Plant Disease | $31,000,142 | ||
| Flood | $24,183,581 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $18,467,100 | ||
| Insects | $17,119,803 | ||
| Cold Winter | $17,053,598 | ||
| Wildlife | $8,381,113 | ||
| All Other Causes | $7,070,821 | ||
| Fruit Set Failure | $1,621,923 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $420,634 | ||
| Insufficient Chilling Hours | $357,403 | ||
| Earthquake | $223,332 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $221,813 | ||
| Tornado | $97,987 | ||
| Cyclone | $72,242 | ||
| Federal or State Ordered Destruction | $33,970 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $12,553 | ||
| Pit Burn | $71 | ||
| 1995-2022 | $7,161,141,342 | ||
* 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.
Number of years each cause of loss paid out indemnities to farmers, out of the 28 years between 1995 and 2022
* 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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