Iowa Crop Insurance
State Profile 2018
Revised March 2019
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Crops Insured Acres Total Acres Percent Insured Barley 46 N/A - Corn 12,234,299 13,200,000 93% Forage Production 5,912 940,000 1% Grain Sorghum 13 N/A - Green Peas 1,310 N/A - Oats 7,850 135,000 6% Popcorn 5,836 N/A - Potatoes 331 N/A - Soybeans 9,382,765 10,000,000 94% Sweet Corn 2,275 N/A - Wheat 3,515 16,000 22% - Insured Acres include Prevented Planting acres
- Total Acres are official National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates
- N/A - Not AvailableCrop Pilot Programs Program County Availability Total Liability Apiculture – Rainfall Index All Iowa counties $1,275,461 Livestock Gross Margin – Cattle, Dairy Cattle, & Swine All Iowa counties $17,060,214 Livestock Risk Protection – Fed Cattle, Feeder Cattle, Lamb, & Swine All Iowa counties $8,576,935 Pasture, Rangeland, Forage – Rainfall Index All Iowa counties $7,962,070 Popcorn – Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion Benton, Black Hawk, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Ida, Kossuth, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Story, Taylor, and Woodbury counties $2,736,522 Whole Farm Revenue Protection All Iowa counties $10,926,694 Dollar Liability Program Total Dollar Liability Apiculture - Rainfall Index $1,275,461 Forage Seeding $2,062,001 Hybrid Corn Seed $71,908,409 Livestock Gross Margin – Cattle $908,412 Livestock Gross Margin – Dairy Cattle $9,914,631 Livestock Gross Margin – Swine $6,237,171 Livestock Risk Protection – Fed Cattle $2,545,202 Livestock Risk Protection – Feeder Cattle $5,452,367 Livestock Risk Protection – Lamb $299,197 Livestock Risk Protection – Swine $280,169 Nursery $308,061 Pasture, Rangeland, Forage - Rainfall Index $7,962,070 Whole Farm Revenue Protection $10,926,694
- 15 Year Crop Insurance History for Iowa
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Year Policies Earning Premium
Net Acres Insured
Liability Gross Premium
Losses Loss Ratio
2004
130,266 19,740,012 5,066,875,118 354,412,866 108,903,182 0.31 2005
127,406 19,922,003 4,501,358,678 310,393,020 72,791,338 0.23 2006
125,514 20,186,154 5,281,556,438 366,659,256 58,339,458 0.16 2007
121,625 20,272,476 8,282,271,512 600,079,446 90,590,038 0.15 2008
123,932 20,612,871 11,644,486,899 914,358,700 1,096,349,008 1.20 2009
127,361 21,055,120 9,158,169,937 743,520,867 168,148,847 0.23 2010
124,260 21,150,045 9,330,658,090 592,194,197 350,721,911 0.59 2011
124,813 21,481,694 14,666,810,786 1,030,433,236 295,061,397 0.29 2012
126,469 21,730,881 14,940,478,420 902,867,753 2,016,224,095 2.23 2013
130,112 22,177,777 15,510,938,480 946,938,252 2,040,427,528 2.15 2014
128,988 22,230,420 13,289,124,613 738,475,557 1,409,963,637 1.91 2015
127,051 22,182,539 11,816,762,444 722,747,784 146,913,898 0.20 2016
123,282 21,918,448 10,957,741,147 596,675,483 54,283,328 0.09 2017 121,898 21,872,027 11,787,736,990 695,255,935 164,545,165 0.24 2018 119,847 21,804,360 11,943,013,872 624,950,362 301,925,035 0.48
- Where to Buy Crop Insurance
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All multi-peril crop insurance, including Catastrophic Risk Protection policies, are available from private crop insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA service centers and on RMA’s website.
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).