Iowa Crop Insurance
State Profile 2019
Revised January 2020
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15 Year Crop Insurance History for IowaCrops
Insured Acres
Total Acres
Percent Insured
Apples
4
639*
1%
Barley
38
NA
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Corn
12,889,136
13,500,000
95%
Forage Production
4,544
1,080,000
1%
Grain Sorghum
13
NA
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Green Peas
1,097
NA
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Oats
11,229
215,000
5%
Popcorn
7,890
NA
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Potatoes
328
733*
45%
Soybeans
8,718,885
9,200,000
95%
Sweet Corn
2,831
NA
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Wheat
5,000
NA
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Insured Acres include Prevented Planting acres
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Total Acres are official National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates *2017 NASS Census
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NA - Not Available
Crop Pilot Programs
Program
County Availability
Total Liability
Apiculture – Rainfall Index
All Iowa counties
$1,233,756
Dairy Revenue Protection
All Iowa counties
$137,619,647
Livestock Gross Margin – Cattle, Dairy Cattle, & Swine
All Iowa counties
$13,509,667
Livestock Risk Protection – Fed Cattle,
Feeder Cattle, Lamb, & Swine
All Iowa counties
$6,910,980
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage – Rainfall Index
All Iowa counties
$6,289,841
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
$3,944,831
Whole Farm Revenue Protection
All Iowa counties
$5,468,355
Dollar Liability Program
Total Dollar Liability
Apiculture – Rainfall Index
$1,233,756
Dairy Revenue Protection
$137,619,647
Forage Seeding
$2,024,992
Hybrid Corn Seed
$78,857,194
Livestock Gross Margin – Cattle
$1,141,387
Livestock Gross Margin – Dairy Cattle
$4,242,725
Livestock Gross Margin – Swine
$8,125,555
Livestock Risk Protection – Fed Cattle
$2,262,748
Livestock Risk Protection – Feeder Cattle
$4,325,153
Livestock Risk Protection – Lamb
$102,790
Livestock Risk Protection – Swine
$220,289
Nursery
$729,034
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage – Rainfall Index
$6,289,841
Whole Farm Revenue Protection
$5,468,355
Year
Policies Earning Premium
Net Acres Insured
Liability
Gross Premium
Losses
Loss Ratio
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
22,190,276
15,510,938,480
946,938,252
2,040,427,528
2.15
2014
128,988
22,242,953
13,289,124,613
738,475,557
1,409,963,637
1.91
2015
127,051
22,182,559
11,816,755,066
722,748,857
146,910,934
0.20
2016
123,284
21,915,952
10,956,449,481
596,617,156
54,281,170
0.09
2017
121,896
21,869,209
11,785,853,360
695,166,008
164,880,553
0.24
2018
119,873
21,813,413
11,947,174,313
625,262,529
327,025,621
0.52
2019
118,284
21,799,563
12,008,041,114
634,576,892
211,667,829
0.33
Data current as of January 06, 2020. For current data go to RMA’s Summary of Business tool.
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- 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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