Crop Insurance
Maryland
Crop insurance premium subsidies in Maryland
Total premium subsidies, 1995-2024: $465,175,044
Premium subsidies by County, 1995-2024
Premium subsidies by year, 1995-2024
Premium subsidies by crop, 1995-2024
Premium subsidies by cause of loss, 1995-2024
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 1995-2024 | ||
| Drought | $56,247,431 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $22,484,961 | ||
| Heat | $9,620,060 | ||
| Decline in Price | $6,120,821 | ||
| Wildlife | $3,620,081 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $2,117,939 | ||
| Hail | $1,110,190 | ||
| Freeze | $986,599 | ||
| Insects | $925,112 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only * | $640,055 | ||
| Tropical Depression | $543,024 | ||
| Excess Sun | $284,434 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $192,675 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $186,614 | ||
| Frost | $184,222 | ||
| All Other Causes | $135,014 | ||
| Plant Disease | $73,317 | ||
| Fire | $70,901 | ||
| Cold Winter | $39,122 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Equipment | $34,444 | ||
| Flood | $29,440 | ||
| Hot Wind | $26,243 | ||
| Fruit Set Failure | $17,866 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $15,479 | ||
| Cyclone | $13,579 | ||
| Federal or State Ordered Destruction | $5,102 | ||
| Asian Soybean Rust | $2,625 | ||
| Tornado | $1,146 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $721 | ||
| Volcanic Eruption | $278 | ||
| Erosion | $8 | ||
| 1995-2024 | $105,729,503 | ||
* 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 2021-2023.
Number of years each cause of loss garnered premium subsidies, out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2024
* 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 2021-2023
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