Crop-loss band · Arkansas
Mississippi County, Arkansas — crop-loss band
- 1.87Low end of the filed band
- 2.50Middle of the filed band
- 3.31High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.56)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Mississippi 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 1.87 at the low end to 3.31 at the high end, with 2.50 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 3.56. 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 | $2,182,958 | $6,897,769 | $23,643,331 | 514 | 506 | 3.16 |
| 2016 | $2,307,321 | $4,814,198 | $23,992,581 | 450 | 432 | 2.09 |
| 2017 | $2,193,222 | $4,250,068 | $30,108,480 | 406 | 396 | 1.94 |
| 2018 | $2,410,424 | $6,029,777 | $32,842,258 | 403 | 403 | 2.50 |
| 2019 | $4,192,836 | $13,152,906 | $36,612,817 | 649 | 645 | 3.14 |
| 2020 | $2,806,460 | $9,298,629 | $27,624,013 | 549 | 547 | 3.31 |
| 2021 | $1,835,084 | $3,440,607 | $27,294,171 | 324 | 311 | 1.87 |
| 2022 | $3,441,348 | $6,914,306 | $33,741,107 | 362 | 362 | 2.01 |
| 2023 | $1,170,439 | $3,871,611 | $13,633,929 | 198 | 198 | 3.31 |
| 2024 | $1,122,661 | $3,998,284 | $13,477,858 | 226 | 226 | 3.56 |
Commodities insured in Mississippi 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.
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.11Low end of the filed band
- 1.43Middle of the filed band
- 2.27High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.38)
- 10Years filed
- $10,951,394Premium filed
- $18,885,282Indemnity paid
- $160,691,811Liability insured
- 547,881Quantity planted
- 332,108Quantity lost
- 1,895Policies
- 1,865Policies with a loss
- 1.72Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mississippi County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $15,992,038 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,154,919 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $641,296 indemnity · 8 years
- Flood $414,698 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $326,468 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $118,344 indemnity · 3 years
Rice 10 years filed
- 3.36Low end of the filed band
- 6.24Middle of the filed band
- 7.60High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (7.75)
- 10Years filed
- $3,061,045Premium filed
- $18,862,154Indemnity paid
- $40,990,043Liability insured
- 68,322Quantity planted
- 54,913Quantity lost
- 852Policies
- 831Policies with a loss
- 6.16Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mississippi County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $12,115,280 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $6,080,994 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $283,577 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $96,441 indemnity · 4 years
- Flood $84,439 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $74,541 indemnity · 2 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.46Low end of the filed band
- 2.31Middle of the filed band
- 3.94High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (4.68)
- 10Years filed
- $3,931,211Premium filed
- $10,211,875Indemnity paid
- $21,910,788Liability insured
- 74,550Quantity planted
- 70,748Quantity lost
- 484Policies
- 481Policies with a loss
- 2.60Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mississippi County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $9,712,581 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $252,085 indemnity · 5 years
- Flood $78,073 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $51,303 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $33,680 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $31,214 indemnity · 4 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.70Low end of the filed band
- 3.87Middle of the filed band
- 5.54High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (7.06)
- 10Years filed
- $3,116,217Premium filed
- $8,534,796Indemnity paid
- $17,759,095Liability insured
- 61,338Quantity planted
- 77,022Quantity lost
- 403Policies
- 402Policies with a loss
- 2.74Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mississippi County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $5,689,731 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $1,684,901 indemnity · 3 years
- Flood $557,963 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $194,237 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $126,810 indemnity · 3 years
- Heat $121,779 indemnity · 3 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.36Low end of the filed band
- 2.94Middle of the filed band
- 3.91High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (5.18)
- 10Years filed
- $1,849,748Premium filed
- $5,419,565Indemnity paid
- $9,034,607Liability insured
- 82,290Quantity planted
- 82,312Quantity lost
- 389Policies
- 389Policies with a loss
- 2.93Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mississippi County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $5,208,480 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Wet Weather $111,395 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $76,225 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $16,177 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $4,901 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $1,145 indemnity · 1 years
All Other Crops 9 years filed
- 0.33Low end of the filed band
- 0.95Middle of the filed band
- 3.14High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.14)
- 9Years filed
- $753,136Premium filed
- $754,483Indemnity paid
- $12,584,199Liability insured
- 5,093Quantity planted
- 627Quantity lost
- 58Policies
- 58Policies with a loss
- 1.00Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mississippi County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $431,451 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $197,533 indemnity · 9 years
- Cold Wet Weather $84,084 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $41,415 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.