Federal crop insurance
The federal crop insurance programme administered by the USDA Risk Management Agency, through which agricultural producers insure against production and revenue loss. Policies are sold and serviced by private insurers under federal oversight.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Programme type
- Insurance support
- Status
- Recurring
- Last verified
- 2026-08-20
Official programme pagehttps://www.rma.usda.gov/about-crop-insurance
Who it is for
- Farmer
- Crop producer
- Agricultural holding
Eligibility depends on the official programme rules and individual circumstances. Verify current requirements and application periods with the administering authority.
Application period
Not established from the official page read during verification. Check the official programme page or the administering authority for current application periods.
Administered by
- Risk Management AgencyUnited States
Evidence & verification
Recorded as recurring in United States.
- Official source
- Federal crop insuranceFederal crop insurance
- Source page
- https://www.rma.usda.gov/about-crop-insuranceThe programme page states that the scheme runs; it publishes no addressable status field.
- What AgricultureID records
- recurringa value from SupportProgrammeStatus, not a quotation
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-20
- Policies are sold and serviced through approved private insurance providers; RMA administers the programme rather than selling policies directly.
- Coverage levels, premium subsidy rates and sales closing dates were not verified during this pass and are not stated here.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official programme page loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-20; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the programme as Federal crop insurance.
Verified 2026-08-20 · Federal crop insurance
Important limitations
- Policies are sold and serviced through approved private insurance providers; RMA administers the programme rather than selling policies directly.
- Coverage levels, premium subsidy rates and sales closing dates were not verified during this pass and are not stated here.