The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Agency

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-3.3: GAO reported that federal crop insurance premium subsidies in 2022 totaled $12 billion, averaged about 62 percent of premiums, and were set by Congress regardless of income. RMA’s table for crop year 2024 shows $8.89 billion, 63 percent of premiums.
  • AGR-3.8: In 2024 nine program crops received 84 percent of crop insurance premium subsidy and fruit, vegetable and tree-nut crops 7 percent, while the two groups made up 56 percent and 23 percent of crop cash receipts. FSA’s table of 2021 ARC and PLC payments lists no fruit or vegetable.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 650 9 November 2026 (as-of date of the tables). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency (Federal Crop Insurance Corporation): RMA Summary of Business, nationwide by commodity: premium, subsidy and indemnity, crop years 2022 to 2024