Crop-loss band · Kansas
Barber County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.21Low end of the filed band
- 1.84Middle of the filed band
- 2.77High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.85)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Barber 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 1.21 at the low end to 2.77 at the high end, with 1.84 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 2.85. 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 | $1,294,708 | $2,409,348 | $7,265,266 | 386 | 386 | 1.86 |
| 2016 | $330,080 | $444,349 | $1,762,513 | 156 | 155 | 1.35 |
| 2017 | $369,120 | $738,100 | $2,034,092 | 156 | 156 | 2.00 |
| 2018 | $1,612,452 | $3,558,364 | $9,205,696 | 497 | 494 | 2.21 |
| 2019 | $689,675 | $948,986 | $3,462,880 | 223 | 223 | 1.38 |
| 2020 | $316,240 | $383,252 | $1,529,558 | 87 | 87 | 1.21 |
| 2021 | $737,959 | $1,354,652 | $3,693,464 | 184 | 184 | 1.84 |
| 2022 | $4,502,278 | $12,469,576 | $22,243,481 | 577 | 577 | 2.77 |
| 2023 | $6,358,609 | $18,125,013 | $29,090,285 | 693 | 693 | 2.85 |
| 2024 | $2,626,831 | $4,412,406 | $12,327,938 | 468 | 467 | 1.68 |
Commodities insured in Barber County
8 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.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.17Low end of the filed band
- 1.55Middle of the filed band
- 2.83High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.13)
- 10Years filed
- $11,240,952Premium filed
- $28,276,777Indemnity paid
- $58,254,109Liability insured
- 304,425Quantity planted
- 304,396Quantity lost
- 1,959Policies
- 1,954Policies with a loss
- 2.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barber County
- Drought $25,429,591 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $640,754 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $632,356 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $403,983 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $331,634 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $316,001 indemnity · 4 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.37Low end of the filed band
- 1.52Middle of the filed band
- 2.33High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.53)
- 10Years filed
- $2,486,946Premium filed
- $4,704,424Indemnity paid
- $11,471,530Liability insured
- 308,414Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 608Policies
- 608Policies with a loss
- 1.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barber County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $4,704,424 indemnity · 10 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.03Low end of the filed band
- 1.80Middle of the filed band
- 3.28High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.17)
- 10Years filed
- $2,068,252Premium filed
- $4,575,882Indemnity paid
- $9,787,878Liability insured
- 39,683Quantity planted
- 39,783Quantity lost
- 277Policies
- 277Policies with a loss
- 2.21Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barber County
- Drought $3,839,173 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $371,934 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $206,696 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $64,775 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $63,716 indemnity · 4 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $27,776 indemnity · 2 years
Cotton 8 years filed
- 1.03Low end of the filed band
- 2.30Middle of the filed band
- 5.81High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (5.81)
- 8Years filed
- $1,109,329Premium filed
- $2,505,949Indemnity paid
- $4,320,088Liability insured
- 7,250Quantity planted
- 11,846Quantity lost
- 105Policies
- 105Policies with a loss
- 2.26Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barber County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $814,168 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $611,677 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $530,967 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $335,948 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $132,564 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $24,082 indemnity · 3 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.72Low end of the filed band
- 1.43Middle of the filed band
- 1.98High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.85)
- 10Years filed
- $821,965Premium filed
- $1,850,157Indemnity paid
- $3,494,788Liability insured
- 18,634Quantity planted
- 18,855Quantity lost
- 229Policies
- 229Policies with a loss
- 2.25Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barber County
- Drought $1,295,170 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $206,686 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $167,239 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $84,479 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $23,677 indemnity · 1 years
- Insects $22,814 indemnity · 4 years
Canola 5 years filed
- 0.13Low end of the filed band
- 1.90Middle of the filed band
- 2.95High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.95)
- 5Years filed
- $491,016Premium filed
- $1,288,799Indemnity paid
- $1,991,260Liability insured
- 12,037Quantity planted
- 12,037Quantity lost
- 105Policies
- 105Policies with a loss
- 2.62Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barber County
- Drought $710,107 indemnity · 2 years
- Freeze $464,812 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Winter $54,771 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $33,960 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $17,355 indemnity · 3 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $4,484 indemnity · 1 years
Annual Forage 7 years filed
- 0.81Low end of the filed band
- 2.47Middle of the filed band
- 3.11High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.11)
- 7Years filed
- $353,482Premium filed
- $925,830Indemnity paid
- $1,577,444Liability insured
- 11,835Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 60Policies
- 60Policies with a loss
- 2.62Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barber County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $925,830 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 9 years filed
- 1.12Low end of the filed band
- 2.79Middle of the filed band
- 4.32High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (4.32)
- 9Years filed
- $266,010Premium filed
- $716,228Indemnity paid
- $1,718,076Liability insured
- 6,162Quantity planted
- 6,162Quantity lost
- 84Policies
- 84Policies with a loss
- 2.69Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barber County
- Drought $483,442 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $121,977 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $61,298 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $39,713 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $8,414 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $1,123 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Barber 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.