Crop Insurance
Kentucky
Crop insurance premium subsidies in Kentucky
Total premium subsidies, 1995-2022: $1,663,317,784
Premium subsidies by County, 1995-2022
Premium subsidies by year, 1995-2022
Premium subsidies by crop, 1995-2022
Premium subsidies by cause of loss, 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.
| Premium subsidies by cause of loss | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Premium subsidies 1995-2022 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $214,337,524 | ||
| Drought | $146,048,072 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIPWI Crops Only* | $30,098,635 | ||
| Decline in Price | $25,520,269 | ||
| Heat | $20,597,238 | ||
| Flood | $14,241,941 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $7,145,025 | ||
| Freeze | $6,598,492 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $3,770,126 | ||
| Hail | $2,978,913 | ||
| Plant Disease | $2,406,611 | ||
| Wildlife | $1,905,806 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $1,686,460 | ||
| Insects | $1,380,777 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $1,314,384 | ||
| Frost | $1,048,128 | ||
| House burn (Pole burn) | $842,415 | ||
| Cold Winter | $704,353 | ||
| Fire | $275,794 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $225,691 | ||
| All Other Causes | $174,893 | ||
| Asian Soybean Rust | $61,769 | ||
| Hot Wind | $59,199 | ||
| Tornado | $23,275 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Supply/Equipment | $20,077 | ||
| Cyclone | $15,747 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $10,090 | ||
| Force Fire | $5,744 | ||
| Earthquake | $4,514 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $50 | ||
| 1995-2022 | $483,502,012 | ||
* 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 garnered premium subsidies, 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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