Crop-loss band · Arkansas
Desha County, Arkansas — crop-loss band
- 2.01Low end of the filed band
- 3.88Middle of the filed band
- 5.50High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (6.30)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Desha County is in the series below, from 2015 to 2024. Read across those years the county’s annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 2.01 at the low end to 5.50 at the high end, with 3.88 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2021, at 6.30. 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 | $1,174,890 | $4,130,303 | $19,371,276 | 246 | 245 | 3.52 |
| 2016 | $1,225,002 | $4,741,867 | $14,903,892 | 246 | 244 | 3.87 |
| 2017 | $1,009,360 | $4,023,721 | $14,836,445 | 224 | 220 | 3.99 |
| 2018 | $1,214,289 | $4,705,803 | $21,059,328 | 252 | 249 | 3.88 |
| 2019 | $2,046,930 | $11,258,454 | $32,180,286 | 549 | 545 | 5.50 |
| 2020 | $2,035,362 | $10,166,006 | $28,575,930 | 503 | 466 | 4.99 |
| 2021 | $2,484,990 | $15,643,086 | $50,426,302 | 476 | 470 | 6.30 |
| 2022 | $5,235,605 | $10,543,574 | $35,265,216 | 294 | 294 | 2.01 |
| 2023 | $3,040,692 | $7,681,290 | $28,082,523 | 361 | 361 | 2.53 |
| 2024 | $2,743,303 | $11,216,264 | $37,327,338 | 388 | 388 | 4.09 |
Commodities insured in Desha County
5 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
- 3.62Low end of the filed band
- 5.22Middle of the filed band
- 6.69High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (7.23)
- 10Years filed
- $6,059,358Premium filed
- $31,607,893Indemnity paid
- $77,381,266Liability insured
- 209,992Quantity planted
- 199,770Quantity lost
- 1,075Policies
- 1,075Policies with a loss
- 5.22Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Desha County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $30,813,042 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $292,711 indemnity · 5 years
- Flood $193,085 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $156,859 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $79,879 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $37,363 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.63Low end of the filed band
- 2.53Middle of the filed band
- 5.46High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (6.00)
- 10Years filed
- $7,357,662Premium filed
- $26,043,297Indemnity paid
- $143,567,335Liability insured
- 434,779Quantity planted
- 268,124Quantity lost
- 1,489Policies
- 1,485Policies with a loss
- 3.54Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Desha County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $20,520,384 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,901,182 indemnity · 8 years
- Flood $538,725 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $466,976 indemnity · 6 years
- Drought $262,039 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Wet Weather $141,836 indemnity · 5 years
Rice 10 years filed
- 1.98Low end of the filed band
- 4.82Middle of the filed band
- 8.50High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (10.20)
- 10Years filed
- $3,901,799Premium filed
- $17,181,864Indemnity paid
- $42,536,205Liability insured
- 55,255Quantity planted
- 45,694Quantity lost
- 661Policies
- 609Policies with a loss
- 4.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Desha County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $9,951,791 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $4,332,550 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,035,824 indemnity · 5 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $361,356 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $210,920 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $190,140 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.70Low end of the filed band
- 2.46Middle of the filed band
- 14.15High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (18.02)
- 10Years filed
- $4,021,552Premium filed
- $7,351,809Indemnity paid
- $14,462,817Liability insured
- 4,736Quantity planted
- 38,545Quantity lost
- 143Policies
- 143Policies with a loss
- 1.83Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Desha County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $6,574,870 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $415,235 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $361,704 indemnity · 10 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.67Low end of the filed band
- 2.44Middle of the filed band
- 2.98High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.69)
- 10Years filed
- $870,052Premium filed
- $1,925,505Indemnity paid
- $4,080,912Liability insured
- 29,918Quantity planted
- 29,922Quantity lost
- 171Policies
- 170Policies with a loss
- 2.21Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Desha County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,754,331 indemnity · 9 years
- Freeze $109,112 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $35,997 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $12,304 indemnity · 1 years
- Wildlife $8,819 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $3,099 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Arkansas → Buy the Desha 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.