# Crop insurance — South Dakota (2026) — USDA RMA Summary of Business — context brief

USDA RMA crop insurance for South Dakota (2026): 164,505 policies sold, $1,985,447,284 total liability, $307,983,835 total premium, $55,999,326 indemnities paid, loss ratio 18.2%. Top crop: Corn. Atlas Commons aggregation over USDA RMA SoB. CC0.

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- **South Dakota had 164,505 crop insurance policies sold in 2026 across 24 commodities** — RECORDED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **Crop insurance premium in South Dakota for 2026: $307,983,835 total, $215,910,741 subsidized** — DERIVED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (Atlas Commons aggregation) (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **Crop insurance indemnities paid in South Dakota for 2026: $55,999,326** — DERIVED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (Atlas Commons aggregation) (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **South Dakota crop insurance loss ratio for 2026: 18.2%** — DERIVED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (Atlas Commons aggregation — indemnity / total_premium × 100) (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **Corn is the largest crop insurance commodity in South Dakota by liability (2026): $852,030,532** — DERIVED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (Atlas Commons aggregation) (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **What this crop insurance profile is — and is NOT — for South Dakota (2026)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the USDA RMA sources cited above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/crop/states/sd)

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**South Dakota — crop insurance summary (2026)** (9): Policies sold — 164,505 — AGGREGATED; Policies indemnified — 5,687 — AGGREGATED; Total liability covered — $1,985,447,284 — AGGREGATED…
**South Dakota — top 24 crops by liability (2026)** (24): Corn (0041) — $852,030,532 — 45,151 — 0.1%; Soybeans (0081) — $512,305,155 — 43,487 — 0.4%; Pasture,Rangeland,Forage (0088) — $375,819,773 — 6,780 — 70.8%…