Crop-loss band · Arkansas
Ashley County, Arkansas — crop-loss band
- 1.52Low end of the filed band
- 2.52Middle of the filed band
- 4.53High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (4.54)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Ashley County is in the series below, from 2015 to 2023. Read across those years the county’s annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 1.52 at the low end to 4.53 at the high end, with 2.52 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 4.54. The band points are years the county actually ran, never a figure interpolated between two of them.
The county’s year-by-year record
| Year | Premium | Indemnity | Liability | Policies | Policies with a loss | Loss ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $789,082 | $3,573,578 | $8,849,188 | 125 | 123 | 4.53 |
| 2016 | $2,213,356 | $5,043,131 | $17,781,469 | 263 | 259 | 2.28 |
| 2017 | $1,315,517 | $2,005,063 | $7,258,472 | 140 | 140 | 1.52 |
| 2018 | $883,439 | $2,225,346 | $10,124,599 | 133 | 133 | 2.52 |
| 2019 | $2,105,647 | $7,293,461 | $21,658,039 | 332 | 329 | 3.46 |
| 2020 | $1,311,998 | $5,795,008 | $14,400,361 | 255 | 250 | 4.42 |
| 2021 | $1,082,358 | $3,149,562 | $9,721,504 | 132 | 129 | 2.91 |
| 2022 | $2,490,431 | $5,345,791 | $17,522,722 | 171 | 171 | 2.15 |
| 2023 | $1,316,143 | $2,558,915 | $12,633,102 | 109 | 109 | 1.94 |
| 2024 | $2,241,824 | $10,177,487 | $26,933,965 | 311 | 311 | 4.54 |
Commodities insured in Ashley County
6 commodities here clear the desk’s floors — at least five filed years and a quarter of a million dollars of filed premium. Each carries its own band, so a reader can read the commodity they actually farm rather than the county average.
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.36Low end of the filed band
- 4.27Middle of the filed band
- 5.75High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (6.63)
- 10Years filed
- $5,109,199Premium filed
- $21,957,522Indemnity paid
- $63,225,885Liability insured
- 164,684Quantity planted
- 140,414Quantity lost
- 655Policies
- 653Policies with a loss
- 4.30Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ashley County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $19,912,338 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $698,452 indemnity · 6 years
- Flood $421,895 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $282,451 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $249,238 indemnity · 3 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $179,539 indemnity · 5 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.95Low end of the filed band
- 2.19Middle of the filed band
- 3.05High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.31)
- 10Years filed
- $3,240,507Premium filed
- $7,358,976Indemnity paid
- $44,334,412Liability insured
- 134,682Quantity planted
- 84,098Quantity lost
- 608Policies
- 602Policies with a loss
- 2.27Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ashley County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,773,084 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,850,034 indemnity · 8 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $223,332 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $214,869 indemnity · 4 years
- Wildlife $125,885 indemnity · 10 years
- Decline in Price $80,416 indemnity · 4 years
Rice 10 years filed
- 2.21Low end of the filed band
- 5.20Middle of the filed band
- 9.34High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (10.00)
- 10Years filed
- $1,264,440Premium filed
- $7,218,075Indemnity paid
- $14,583,277Liability insured
- 21,087Quantity planted
- 18,811Quantity lost
- 300Policies
- 291Policies with a loss
- 5.71Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ashley County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,125,009 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,581,619 indemnity · 10 years
- Flood $876,506 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/PACE Crops Only $242,447 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $169,836 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $152,772 indemnity · 3 years
Cotton 9 years filed
- 0.61Low end of the filed band
- 2.46Middle of the filed band
- 17.24High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (17.24)
- 9Years filed
- $3,610,354Premium filed
- $5,873,089Indemnity paid
- $17,268,076Liability insured
- 10,836Quantity planted
- 67,812Quantity lost
- 222Policies
- 222Policies with a loss
- 1.63Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ashley County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $4,091,088 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,587,242 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $132,521 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $54,300 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $7,534 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $404 indemnity · 1 years
Fresh Market Tomatoes 10 years filed
- 1.41Low end of the filed band
- 1.50Middle of the filed band
- 2.48High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.92)
- 10Years filed
- $2,105,355Premium filed
- $3,556,469Indemnity paid
- $5,544,143Liability insured
- 665Quantity planted
- 641Quantity lost
- 87Policies
- 87Policies with a loss
- 1.69Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ashley County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,377,413 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $363,655 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $353,635 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $169,703 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $135,212 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $116,424 indemnity · 3 years
Wheat 9 years filed
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 3.13Middle of the filed band
- 4.66High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.66)
- 9Years filed
- $419,940Premium filed
- $1,203,211Indemnity paid
- $1,927,628Liability insured
- 14,294Quantity planted
- 14,297Quantity lost
- 99Policies
- 99Policies with a loss
- 2.87Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ashley County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,111,123 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $60,327 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $31,314 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $448 indemnity · 1 years
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Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.
County cause-of-loss figures from the USDA Risk Management Agency’s Cause of Loss Summary of Business, county files, filed by the agency as a United States Government work. The loss ratio is the agency’s own published column: indemnity divided by premium, re-derived at the summed county-crop grain.