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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 Available |
Crop 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
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
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.