Crop Insurance

West Virginia

Crop Insurance Analysis:

Indemnities for the U.S.

Premium Subsidies for the U.S.

Crop insurance premium subsidies in West Virginia

Total premium subsidies, 1995-2022: $34,862,670

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 LossPremium subsidies
1995-2022
Drought$2,961,757
Freeze$1,962,836
Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain$1,709,482
Hail$731,383
Frost$503,464
Wildlife$357,948
Heat$310,970
Cold Wet Weather$277,812
Excess Sun$237,677
Flood$188,347
Decline in Price$163,010
Insects$128,304
Wind/Excess Wind$51,839
All Other Causes$39,232
GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIPWI Crops Only*$35,523
Plant Disease$20,558
Fruit Set Failure$14,211
Cold Winter$12,854
Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.)$7,754
Hurricane/Tropical Depression$5,602
Fire$3,202
Mycotoxin$2,946
House burn (Pole burn)$367
Force Fire$75
Earthquake$31
1995-2022$9,727,184

* 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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