Idaho
Farm insurance in Idaho
Farm economy figures and market town pages for Idaho. Quotes do not bind coverage.
Farms in Idaho lean on a network of businesses: 257 agricultural support firms and 159 farm supply wholesalers with paid staff in 2023, per the Census Bureau. BLS counted 2,420 crop farmworkers on Idaho payrolls in May 2025, a figure that leaves out farm owners and family labor.
Idaho farm economy figures
| Statistic | Idaho |
|---|---|
| Agricultural and forestry support businesses | 257 |
| Agricultural and forestry support businesses: employees | 2,196 |
| Farm supply merchant wholesalers | 159 |
| Farm supply merchant wholesalers: employees | 2,203 |
| Nursery, garden center, and farm supply stores | 116 |
| Nursery, garden center, and farm supply stores: employees | 1,604 |
| All employer establishments | 58,100 |
| Crop, nursery, and greenhouse farmworkers (BLS, May 2025) | 2,420 |
| Median wage, crop farmworkers | $34,470 |
| Livestock farmworkers | 480 |
| Median wage, livestock farmworkers | $40,580 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 490 |
| Median wage, equipment operators | $38,920 |
| Single-family share of housing (ACS) | 77% |
Census CBP 2023 (NAICS 115, 424910, 444220; all industries); BLS OEWS May 2025 (45-2092, 45-2093, 45-2091; payroll employees only); ACS 2020–2024. CBP does not count most crop and livestock farms themselves.
What moves a Idaho farm quote
Underwriters begin with acres and land use and the dwellings and farm buildings. Then they weigh machinery values, livestock, direct sales and agritourism, custom work, hired labor, distance to fire protection, and claims history.
Keep reading: a farm year and cost factors.
Insurance oversight
The Idaho Department of Insurance licenses insurers and agents operating in Idaho. Federal crop insurance runs through USDA's Risk Management Agency and approved insurers.
Idaho market towns
Ordered by the share of households with three or more vehicles (ACS), highest first.
- Ammon
- Eagle
- Lewiston
- Kuna
- Nampa
- Idaho Falls
- Caldwell
- Pocatello
- Meridian
- Post Falls
- Rexburg
- Boise
- Twin Falls
- Moscow
- Coeur d'Alene
Farm coverage and guides
- The farmowners policy
- Farm liability
- Farm equipment and machinery
- Barns and outbuildings
- Livestock coverage
- Farm trucks and vehicles
- A farm year, season by season
- Agritourism and farm stands
- Crop insurance basics
- What affects farm insurance cost
- Farm application checklist
Every other Idaho community
Farms near any Idaho community can ask for a quote. Listed from smallest population to largest, with county:
Warm River (Fremont County, pop. 1) · Clayton (Custer County, pop. 12) · Drummond (Fremont County, pop. 15) · Spencer (Clark County, pop. 31) · State Line (Kootenai County, pop. 38) · Oxford (Franklin County, pop. 43) · Placerville (Boise County, pop. 48) · Reubens (Lewis County, pop. 48) · Minidoka (Minidoka County, pop. 84) · Butte City (Butte County, pop. 86) · White Bird (Idaho County, pop. 87) · Tensed (Benewah County, pop. 96) · Leadore (Lemhi County, pop. 100) · Huetter (Kootenai County, pop. 104) · Hope (Bonner County, pop. 107) · Stanley (Custer County, pop. 122) · Murtaugh (Twin Falls County, pop. 123) · Acequia (Minidoka County, pop. 136) · Ferdinand (Idaho County, pop. 139) · Elk River (Clearwater County, pop. 144) · Fernan Lake Village (Kootenai County, pop. 160) · Peck (Nez Perce County, pop. 172) · Moore (Butte County, pop. 175) · Malta (Cassia County, pop. 178) · Crouch (Boise County, pop. 179) · St. Charles (Bear Lake County, pop. 185) · Stites (Idaho County, pop. 187) · Island Park (Fremont County, pop. 191) · Bovill (Latah County, pop. 201) · Wardner (Shoshone County, pop. 204) · Bloomington (Bear Lake County, pop. 214) · Midvale (Washington County, pop. 218) · Onaway (Latah County, pop. 220) · Harrison (Kootenai County, pop. 223) · Castleford (Twin Falls County, pop. 226) · East Hope (Bonner County, pop. 250) · Worley (Kootenai County, pop. 250) · Donnelly (Valley County, pop. 255) · Albion (Cassia County, pop. 257) · Oldtown (Bonner County, pop. 260) · Rockland (Power County, pop. 263) · Bliss (Gooding County, pop. 265) · Hollister (Twin Falls County, pop. 267) · Tetonia (Teton County, pop. 281) · Irwin (Bonneville County, pop. 289) · Parker (Fremont County, pop. 298) · Kendrick (Latah County, pop. 304) · Swan Valley (Bonneville County, pop. 310) · Dietrich (Lincoln County, pop. 311) · Bancroft (Caribou County, pop. 314) · Newdale (Fremont County, pop. 332) · Mud Lake (Jefferson County, pop. 359) · Arimo (Bannock County, pop. 363) · Declo (Cassia County, pop. 363) · Cambridge (Washington County, pop. 365) · Winchester (Lewis County, pop. 366) · Basalt (Bingham County, pop. 374) · Lava Hot Springs (Bannock County, pop. 375) · Riggins (Idaho County, pop. 394) · Eden (Jerome County, pop. 406) · Weippe (Clearwater County, pop. 414) · Culdesac (Nez Perce County, pop. 417) · Lewisville (Jefferson County, pop. 446) · Clifton (Franklin County, pop. 461) · Grand View (Owyhee County, pop. 464) · Nezperce (Lewis County, pop. 475) · Richfield (Lincoln County, pop. 476) · Craigmont (Lewis County, pop. 477) · Mackay (Custer County, pop. 480) · Fairfield (Camas County, pop. 484) · Georgetown (Bear Lake County, pop. 509) · Pierce (Clearwater County, pop. 520) · Dubois (Clark County, pop. 523) · Idaho City (Boise County, pop. 536) · Deary (Latah County, pop. 538) · Dayton (Franklin County, pop. 539) · Firth (Bingham County, pop. 542) · Paris (Bear Lake County, pop. 555) · Kooskia (Idaho County, pop. 556) · Weston (Franklin County, pop. 572) · Clark Fork (Bonner County, pop. 576) · Downey (Bannock County, pop. 580) · Roberts (Jefferson County, pop. 583) · Notus (Canyon County, pop. 606) · Melba (Canyon County, pop. 625) · Juliaetta (Latah County, pop. 650) · New Meadows (Adams County, pop. 659) · Hayden Lake (Kootenai County, pop. 672) · Mullan (Shoshone County, pop. 675) · Carey (Blaine County, pop. 703) · Smelterville (Shoshone County, pop. 705) · Ririe (Jefferson County, pop. 715) · Menan (Jefferson County, pop. 734) · Athol (Kootenai County, pop. 738) · Greenleaf (Canyon County, pop. 792) · Potlatch (Latah County, pop. 810) · Wallace (Shoshone County, pop. 823) · McCammon (Bannock County, pop. 824) · Hazelton (Jerome County, pop. 828) · Horseshoe Bend (Boise County, pop. 830) · Oakley (Cassia County, pop. 831) · Inkom (Bannock County, pop. 843) · Teton (Fremont County, pop. 850) · Hauser (Kootenai County, pop. 894) · Arco (Butte County, pop. 911) · Cottonwood (Idaho County, pop. 921) · Troy (Latah County, pop. 942) · Challis (Custer County, pop. 944) · Grace (Caribou County, pop. 945) · Council (Adams County, pop. 975) · Ashton (Fremont County, pop. 982) · Hagerman (Gooding County, pop. 991) · Cascade (Valley County, pop. 1,026) · Kootenai (Bonner County, pop. 1,083) · Genesee (Latah County, pop. 1,103) · Hansen (Twin Falls County, pop. 1,118) · Plummer (Benewah County, pop. 1,125) · Franklin (Franklin County, pop. 1,128) · Dover (Bonner County, pop. 1,137) · Kamiah (Lewis County, pop. 1,163) · Ucon (Bonneville County, pop. 1,218) · Moyie Springs (Boundary County, pop. 1,225) · Marsing (Owyhee County, pop. 1,245) · Lapwai (Nez Perce County, pop. 1,249) · Glenns Ferry (Elmore County, pop. 1,288) · New Plymouth (Payette County, pop. 1,608) · Osburn (Shoshone County, pop. 1,678) · Paul (Minidoka County, pop. 1,722) · Wilder (Canyon County, pop. 1,725) · Shoshone (Lincoln County, pop. 1,757) · Sun Valley (Blaine County, pop. 1,771) · Pinehurst (Shoshone County, pop. 1,784) · Priest River (Bonner County, pop. 1,847) · Aberdeen (Bingham County, pop. 1,856) · Ponderay (Bonner County, pop. 2,011) · Parma (Canyon County, pop. 2,198) · Malad City (Oneida County, pop. 2,326) · Driggs (Teton County, pop. 2,332) · Sugar City (Madison County, pop. 2,395) · Kellogg (Shoshone County, pop. 2,441) · Victor (Teton County, pop. 2,442) · Spirit Lake (Kootenai County, pop. 2,465) · St. Maries (Benewah County, pop. 2,487) · Dalton Gardens (Kootenai County, pop. 2,498) · Bellevue (Blaine County, pop. 2,582) · Montpelier (Bear Lake County, pop. 2,696) · Bonners Ferry (Boundary County, pop. 2,788) · Wendell (Gooding County, pop. 3,032) · Filer (Twin Falls County, pop. 3,040) · Iona (Bonneville County, pop. 3,113) · Homedale (Owyhee County, pop. 3,147) · Soda Springs (Caribou County, pop. 3,162) · Salmon (Lemhi County, pop. 3,257) · Orofino (Clearwater County, pop. 3,285) · Ketchum (Blaine County, pop. 3,609) · Grangeville (Idaho County, pop. 3,627) · Heyburn (Minidoka County, pop. 3,744) · Gooding (Gooding County, pop. 3,825) · St. Anthony (Fremont County, pop. 4,093) · McCall (Valley County, pop. 4,104) · Buhl (Twin Falls County, pop. 4,761) · American Falls (Power County, pop. 4,863) · Shelley (Bingham County, pop. 5,262) · Kimberly (Twin Falls County, pop. 5,592) · Rigby (Jefferson County, pop. 5,683) · Weiser (Washington County, pop. 6,112) · Preston (Franklin County, pop. 6,160) · Rupert (Minidoka County, pop. 6,343) · Fruitland (Payette County, pop. 7,078) · Payette (Payette County, pop. 8,754) · Emmett (Gem County, pop. 8,803) · Hailey (Blaine County, pop. 9,976) · Sandpoint (Bonner County, pop. 10,444) · Middleton (Canyon County, pop. 11,730) · Burley (Cassia County, pop. 12,211) · Rathdrum (Kootenai County, pop. 12,626) · Garden City (Ada County, pop. 12,936) · Blackfoot (Bingham County, pop. 13,224) · Jerome (Jerome County, pop. 13,481) · Chubbuck (Bannock County, pop. 16,577) · Mountain Home (Elmore County, pop. 16,912) · Hayden (Kootenai County, pop. 16,924) · Star (Ada County, pop. 18,208)
Farm insurance in Idaho: common questions
What does a Idaho farm policy cover?
Typically the farmhouse, farm buildings, machinery, livestock on named perils, harvested crops and supplies, and farm liability. Growing crops are insured separately.
How many farm supply businesses serve Idaho?
Census counted 159 farm supply merchant wholesalers and 257 agricultural and forestry support businesses with employees in Idaho in 2023.
Who oversees insurance companies in Idaho?
That is the job of the Idaho Department of Insurance. Crop insurance programs are administered federally through USDA's Risk Management Agency.
Do Idaho farms need workers' comp?
Agricultural workers' comp rules are set by Idaho and can differ from rules for other employers. Check with the state workers' compensation agency.
Built from 2023 Census business patterns, May 2025 BLS farm occupation estimates, and five-year ACS housing and vehicle data.
Last updated October 15, 2026 · How we research