Crop year 2027 · sign-up deadline Dec 1, 2026

PRF insurance in Box Elder County, Utah: 2027 grids, values and record

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) is USDA’s rainfall-index insurance for grazing land and hay ground. USDA’s 2027 files offer it in Box Elder County on 43 grids: 24964, 24965, 24966, 24967, 24968, 25264, 25265, 25266, 25267, 25268, 25269, 25271, 25564, 25565, 25566, 25567, 25568, 25570, 25571, 25572, 25573, 25864, 25865, 25866, 25867, 25868, 25869, 25870, 25871, 25872, 25873, 26164, 26165, 26166, 26167, 26168, 26169, 26170, 26171, 26172, 26470, 26471, 26472. It pays when precipitation in the grid over two months you choose comes in under a set share of normal.

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Grids
43
Grazing, county base value per acre
$7.40
Hay, non-irrigated, per acre
—
Hay, irrigated, per acre
$15.00
January to February cap
25%
Sign-up deadline
Dec 1, 2026

USDA’s 2027 county base values, the same on every grid in the county. Protection per acre is the value times your coverage level times a productivity factor of 60 to 150: grazing at 90% and 100 is $6.66 an acre.

Example, not a recommendation: 100 acres of grazing at 90% coverage, productivity factor 100, half in April to May and half in June to July, on grid 25565, the middle of the county’s 43 grids by premium. The full premium is $148: USDA pays $75 and you pay $73, or $0.73 an acre. Run over 1951 to 2025 at 2027 rates, it would have paid in 57 of 75 years, an average of $129 a year, or $1.29 an acre. That is the past record, not a forecast, and it leaves out the administrative fee.

What each pair of months costs in Box Elder County

At 90% coverage, across the 43 grids that touch the county: the middle grid first, then the lowest and highest. The premium is the full rate per $100 of protection; USDA pays 59% at 70%, 59% at 75%, 55% at 80%, 55% at 85%, 51% at 90%. Normal is the grid’s average precipitation for those months. A year counts, of the 75 from 1951 to 2025, when the grid’s index for those months came in under 90% of normal, which is when a 90% policy pays.

Each pair of months in Box Elder County, Utah at 90% coverage
MonthsNormalPremium per $100Years under 90%
Jan-Feb1.99 in$16.91
$14.25–23.84		35
30–41
Feb-Mar1.75 in$18.13
$13.97–21.86		34
31–41
Mar-Apr2.11 in$16.93
$13.95–19.33		34
31–38
Apr-May2.62 in$18.83
$14.22–22.23		35
29–41
May-Jun2.43 in$23.41
$18.76–27.57		41
36–46
Jun-Jul1.51 in$25.50
$21.93–30.80		40
36–45
Jul-Aug1.33 in$25.60
$23.09–31.62		40
37–46
Aug-Sep1.51 in$26.03
$23.95–30.10		39
34–43
Sep-Oct1.68 in$21.94
$18.87–24.29		36
32–41
Oct-Nov1.78 in$19.17
$15.20–21.32		36
31–42
Nov-Dec1.90 in$18.88
$15.14–21.31		35
31–40

The wettest pair of months here is April to May (2.62 in on the middle grid) and the driest is July to August (1.33 in). Coverage costs least in January to February and most in August to September. The months to insure are the ones when a dry spell costs you grass or hay, not the cheapest ones.

The last five years in Box Elder County, and 2026 so far

The index for each pair of months as a percent of normal (100 is a normal year), on the middle grid (each grid has its own; the calculator shows yours). Shaded cells came in under 90%, where a 90% policy on those months would have paid. 2026 shows the 6 pairs of months USDA has published so far.

PRF index by pair of months, 2021 to 2026, Box Elder County, Utah
Months202120222023202420252026
so far
Jan-Feb74291541656987
Feb-Mar733613117513782
Mar-Apr50561251197988
Apr-May419679694151
May-Jun2684101633923
Jun-Jul633093651950
Jul-Aug1901171858094—
Aug-Sep1301592177190—
Sep-Oct1428713759129—
Oct-Nov1429910567116—
Nov-Dec82132989179—

Every year since 1951, priced at 2027 rates, is in the calculator.

PRF grids in Box Elder County

Each grid’s normal precipitation over a year, its driest year since 1951 as a percent of normal, 2025 as a percent of normal, and how many of 75 years as a whole came in under 90%.

PRF grids in Box Elder County, Utah
GridNormal, yearDriest year2025Years under 90%Calculator
249646.1 in2008, 49%65%30Open
249656.0 in2008, 42%51%30Open
249666.5 in2008, 40%48%30Open
249677.4 in2008, 45%53%28Open
249689.7 in2008, 53%62%30Open
252649.1 in1966, 58%66%29Open
252656.2 in2008, 51%54%30Open
252666.7 in2008, 49%54%30Open
252677.9 in2008, 49%59%31Open
252688.6 in2008, 48%60%31Open
2526910.4 in2008, 50%61%29Open
2527112.9 in2020, 58%89%31Open
255648.0 in1966, 53%75%32Open
255656.5 in1966, 55%73%34Open
255666.5 in1966, 53%76%33Open
255677.6 in1966, 48%75%28Open
2556810.3 in1966, 49%71%27Open
2557013.8 in1958, 52%80%34Open
2557114.6 in1958, 54%81%32Open
2557218.0 in2020, 53%76%33Open
2557334.3 in2020, 57%80%34Open
2586412.7 in2007, 64%84%31Open
2586510.8 in2007, 61%87%31Open
2586610.5 in1966, 60%88%32Open
258678.6 in1966, 51%87%29Open
258688.9 in1966, 47%86%30Open
2586911.1 in1966, 54%91%30Open
2587015.1 in1966, 59%88%34Open
2587113.9 in1966, 58%86%34Open
2587217.8 in1966, 55%85%32Open

And 13 more grids: 25873, 26164, 26165, 26166, 26167, 26168, 26169, 26170, 26171, 26172, 26470, 26471, 26472. Each opens in the calculator.

PRF dates for 2027

  • Dec 1, 2026: sales closing. New policies and changes are due at your agent.
  • Dec 1, 2026: acreage report.
  • Sep 1, 2027: premium billed, no earlier than this.

From 2027, grazing acres need livestock you have an interest in, equal to at least 25% of the stocking rate, or no payment is due and the premium is still owed. PRF pays on the grid’s precipitation index, not on your production. How PRF works · Before you sign · PRF in Utah

PRF questions in Box Elder County

When is the PRF deadline in Box Elder County for 2027?

The sales closing date is Dec 1, 2026, the same across the country. The acreage report is due Dec 1, 2026, and the premium is billed no earlier than Sep 1, 2027.

Which PRF grid is Box Elder County in?

Grids 24964, 24965, 24966, 24967, 24968, 25264, 25265, 25266, 25267, 25268, 25269, 25271, 25564, 25565, 25566, 25567, 25568, 25570, 25571, 25572, 25573, 25864, 25865, 25866, 25867, 25868, 25869, 25870, 25871, 25872, 25873, 26164, 26165, 26166, 26167, 26168, 26169, 26170, 26171, 26172, 26470, 26471, 26472 touch Box Elder County. A grid is a quarter degree of latitude by a quarter degree of longitude, about 17 miles north to south. Your grid follows from a point inside the acres you insure; type a ZIP or coordinates in the calculator to find it.

How much does PRF cost per acre in Box Elder County?

It depends on the grid, the months, the coverage level and your productivity factor. USDA’s 2027 county base value is $7.40 an acre for grazing. At 90% coverage and a productivity factor of 100, grazing land is protected for $6.66 an acre, and the full premium runs $16.91 to $26.03 per $100 of protection depending on the months, on the middle grid. USDA pays 51% to 59% of the premium. In the example above, 100 acres of grazing at 90% with half in April to May and half in June to July, you pay $0.73 an acre on grid 25565. The calculator gives the figure for your acres and months.

How often has PRF paid in Box Elder County?

At 90% coverage a pair of months pays when the index comes in under 90% of normal. Over 1951 to 2025, on the middle grid, that happened in 34 to 41 of 75 years, depending on the months. Run at 2027 rates, $1 of full premium at 90% would have paid back a middle $0.88 across the county’s grids and months. That is the past record, not a forecast.

By Sigurd Lindquist, a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) who owns a licensed crop insurance agency. This page sells no insurance and asks for no contact details. Figures from USDA RMA’s 2027 Actuarial Data Master and PRF index record, read Oct 12, 2026. The index record is what USDA publishes for 2027; policies in past years were paid on their own rates and data.

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