Crop-loss band · Arkansas
Craighead County, Arkansas — crop-loss band
- 3.51Low end of the filed band
- 4.49Middle of the filed band
- 6.22High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (6.40)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Craighead 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 3.51 at the low end to 6.22 at the high end, with 4.49 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 6.40. 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 | $1,026,536 | $6,017,424 | $13,451,225 | 364 | 360 | 5.86 |
| 2016 | $1,795,540 | $7,201,376 | $23,694,246 | 459 | 454 | 4.01 |
| 2017 | $1,789,351 | $8,041,337 | $21,922,061 | 398 | 391 | 4.49 |
| 2018 | $944,258 | $3,310,664 | $12,665,833 | 264 | 249 | 3.51 |
| 2019 | $1,784,019 | $11,096,053 | $17,594,053 | 534 | 515 | 6.22 |
| 2020 | $1,615,032 | $10,332,064 | $16,282,102 | 425 | 414 | 6.40 |
| 2021 | $1,270,467 | $5,759,836 | $16,154,469 | 334 | 318 | 4.53 |
| 2022 | $3,085,493 | $13,260,516 | $28,937,893 | 467 | 467 | 4.30 |
| 2023 | $941,109 | $3,552,294 | $9,270,825 | 170 | 170 | 3.77 |
| 2024 | $1,878,655 | $10,479,420 | $17,653,278 | 268 | 268 | 5.58 |
Commodities insured in Craighead 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.
Rice 10 years filed
- 4.76Low end of the filed band
- 6.24Middle of the filed band
- 8.35High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (9.13)
- 10Years filed
- $7,800,092Premium filed
- $53,144,582Indemnity paid
- $81,840,302Liability insured
- 158,478Quantity planted
- 150,514Quantity lost
- 1,573Policies
- 1,509Policies with a loss
- 6.81Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Craighead County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $47,376,520 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $2,843,219 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,188,617 indemnity · 7 years
- Flood $934,571 indemnity · 4 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $320,466 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $217,891 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.59Low end of the filed band
- 3.08Middle of the filed band
- 4.28High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (5.05)
- 10Years filed
- $4,226,627Premium filed
- $13,660,563Indemnity paid
- $64,861,971Liability insured
- 213,835Quantity planted
- 146,213Quantity lost
- 1,353Policies
- 1,345Policies with a loss
- 3.23Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Craighead County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $9,600,265 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,532,574 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $727,496 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $195,707 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $188,202 indemnity · 6 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $148,212 indemnity · 2 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.05Low end of the filed band
- 3.02Middle of the filed band
- 4.24High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.39)
- 10Years filed
- $2,556,757Premium filed
- $7,817,760Indemnity paid
- $21,046,793Liability insured
- 57,176Quantity planted
- 50,848Quantity lost
- 486Policies
- 486Policies with a loss
- 3.06Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Craighead County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $7,055,792 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $490,635 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $160,145 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $29,092 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $23,770 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $23,190 indemnity · 2 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.48Low end of the filed band
- 2.87Middle of the filed band
- 6.97High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (9.12)
- 10Years filed
- $888,097Premium filed
- $1,940,430Indemnity paid
- $4,874,766Liability insured
- 8,295Quantity planted
- 16,059Quantity lost
- 160Policies
- 157Policies with a loss
- 2.18Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Craighead County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $910,256 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $825,874 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $123,653 indemnity · 5 years
- Cold Wet Weather $31,707 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $27,787 indemnity · 5 years
- Flood $16,688 indemnity · 2 years
All Other Crops 6 years filed
- 0.32Low end of the filed band
- 1.30Middle of the filed band
- 6.42High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (6.42)
- 6Years filed
- $382,722Premium filed
- $1,812,296Indemnity paid
- $3,762,932Liability insured
- 969Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 24Policies
- 24Policies with a loss
- 4.74Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Craighead County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,767,517 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $44,779 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 8 years filed
- 1.90Low end of the filed band
- 2.80Middle of the filed band
- 3.47High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.47)
- 8Years filed
- $276,164Premium filed
- $675,353Indemnity paid
- $1,239,220Liability insured
- 11,572Quantity planted
- 11,572Quantity lost
- 87Policies
- 85Policies with a loss
- 2.45Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Craighead County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $570,349 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $33,120 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $30,544 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $16,215 indemnity · 2 years
- Freeze $15,890 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $3,902 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Arkansas → Buy the Craighead County dossier →
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.