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Iowa State Profile - 2018

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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
Data current as of January 25, 2019. For current data go to RMA’s Summary of Business tool.
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.