Crop-loss band · Georgia
Burke County, Georgia — crop-loss band
- 1.44Low end of the filed band
- 2.43Middle of the filed band
- 3.04High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.25)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Burke 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 1.44 at the low end to 3.04 at the high end, with 2.43 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 3.25. 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 | $951,343 | $2,307,074 | $5,013,584 | 178 | 178 | 2.43 |
| 2016 | $1,441,439 | $3,640,752 | $7,813,656 | 137 | 137 | 2.53 |
| 2017 | $744,510 | $1,072,462 | $2,780,282 | 85 | 84 | 1.44 |
| 2018 | $2,034,057 | $5,199,821 | $9,895,973 | 273 | 273 | 2.56 |
| 2019 | $1,989,270 | $6,053,938 | $10,647,515 | 282 | 281 | 3.04 |
| 2020 | $256,311 | $471,044 | $1,170,297 | 75 | 75 | 1.84 |
| 2021 | $269,110 | $451,348 | $1,139,284 | 44 | 43 | 1.68 |
| 2022 | $3,256,315 | $5,038,182 | $11,644,943 | 234 | 234 | 1.55 |
| 2023 | $697,694 | $1,705,121 | $4,151,854 | 108 | 108 | 2.44 |
| 2024 | $3,579,442 | $11,627,168 | $23,438,607 | 376 | 376 | 3.25 |
Commodities insured in Burke County
4 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.
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.35Low end of the filed band
- 2.04Middle of the filed band
- 2.41High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.89)
- 10Years filed
- $11,041,485Premium filed
- $23,064,530Indemnity paid
- $47,617,794Liability insured
- 74,445Quantity planted
- 162,258Quantity lost
- 1,033Policies
- 1,032Policies with a loss
- 2.09Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Burke County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $10,571,979 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $4,702,003 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,313,789 indemnity · 8 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $2,037,593 indemnity · 4 years
- Wildlife $798,837 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $599,678 indemnity · 6 years
Peanuts 10 years filed
- 2.15Low end of the filed band
- 3.23Middle of the filed band
- 4.03High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (7.18)
- 10Years filed
- $2,521,677Premium filed
- $10,341,488Indemnity paid
- $20,124,873Liability insured
- 29,358Quantity planted
- 29,371Quantity lost
- 458Policies
- 456Policies with a loss
- 4.10Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Burke County
- Drought $4,454,767 indemnity · 10 years
- Tropical Storm $2,822,936 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,216,678 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $967,612 indemnity · 4 years
- Wildlife $416,814 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $309,145 indemnity · 2 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.98Low end of the filed band
- 1.71Middle of the filed band
- 3.25High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.52)
- 10Years filed
- $1,298,402Premium filed
- $3,697,874Indemnity paid
- $8,015,427Liability insured
- 8,022Quantity planted
- 8,022Quantity lost
- 222Policies
- 222Policies with a loss
- 2.85Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Burke County
- Tropical Storm $2,240,477 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $694,542 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $271,221 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $245,427 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $210,672 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $19,098 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 5 years filed
- 0.58Low end of the filed band
- 1.07Middle of the filed band
- 2.32High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.32)
- 5Years filed
- $357,927Premium filed
- $463,018Indemnity paid
- $1,937,901Liability insured
- 6,189Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 79Policies
- 79Policies with a loss
- 1.29Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Burke County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $463,018 indemnity · 5 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.