Crop-loss band · Kansas
Barton County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.50Low end of the filed band
- 1.74Middle of the filed band
- 2.80High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.70)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Barton 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 1.50 at the low end to 2.80 at the high end, with 1.74 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 3.70. 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 | $1,916,181 | $3,324,904 | $11,924,021 | 1,454 | 1,454 | 1.74 |
| 2016 | $989,762 | $1,640,458 | $5,322,616 | 549 | 548 | 1.66 |
| 2017 | $1,573,555 | $2,353,268 | $8,306,906 | 759 | 757 | 1.50 |
| 2018 | $910,516 | $1,578,285 | $5,420,241 | 577 | 577 | 1.73 |
| 2019 | $2,241,210 | $4,432,763 | $12,991,757 | 1,162 | 1,160 | 1.98 |
| 2020 | $632,551 | $1,010,007 | $3,636,498 | 371 | 371 | 1.60 |
| 2021 | $1,107,319 | $2,301,585 | $6,329,117 | 504 | 504 | 2.08 |
| 2022 | $7,326,814 | $20,522,118 | $41,786,932 | 2,170 | 2,170 | 2.80 |
| 2023 | $12,356,082 | $45,671,939 | $72,125,571 | 3,342 | 3,342 | 3.70 |
| 2024 | $7,250,187 | $16,109,161 | $39,692,711 | 2,319 | 2,319 | 2.22 |
Commodities insured in Barton 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.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.36Low end of the filed band
- 1.99Middle of the filed band
- 3.19High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.26)
- 10Years filed
- $14,369,333Premium filed
- $44,716,800Indemnity paid
- $84,996,408Liability insured
- 375,395Quantity planted
- 375,588Quantity lost
- 5,545Policies
- 5,543Policies with a loss
- 3.11Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barton County
- Drought $37,408,590 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,918,605 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,362,441 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $843,852 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $826,565 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $666,966 indemnity · 8 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.54Low end of the filed band
- 1.77Middle of the filed band
- 2.68High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.09)
- 10Years filed
- $9,030,213Premium filed
- $22,247,358Indemnity paid
- $54,291,268Liability insured
- 182,705Quantity planted
- 183,909Quantity lost
- 3,560Policies
- 3,560Policies with a loss
- 2.46Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barton County
- Drought $15,420,202 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,098,937 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,267,616 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $890,320 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $460,055 indemnity · 8 years
- Insects $435,130 indemnity · 4 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.58Low end of the filed band
- 1.85Middle of the filed band
- 3.89High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.23)
- 10Years filed
- $5,209,169Premium filed
- $16,449,154Indemnity paid
- $31,924,836Liability insured
- 111,890Quantity planted
- 112,154Quantity lost
- 2,222Policies
- 2,220Policies with a loss
- 3.16Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barton County
- Drought $11,392,098 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,748,693 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $843,163 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $833,373 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $273,851 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $173,345 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.62Low end of the filed band
- 1.23Middle of the filed band
- 2.16High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.40)
- 10Years filed
- $5,051,551Premium filed
- $9,535,819Indemnity paid
- $23,259,830Liability insured
- 63,052Quantity planted
- 61,226Quantity lost
- 1,095Policies
- 1,094Policies with a loss
- 1.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barton County
- Drought $5,144,483 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,781,508 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,069,724 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $727,928 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $199,294 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $169,017 indemnity · 3 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 0.71Low end of the filed band
- 1.89Middle of the filed band
- 3.39High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.39)
- 9Years filed
- $1,368,788Premium filed
- $3,139,912Indemnity paid
- $7,108,539Liability insured
- 52,058Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 658Policies
- 658Policies with a loss
- 2.29Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barton County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,139,912 indemnity · 9 years
Annual Forage 7 years filed
- 1.22Low end of the filed band
- 2.25Middle of the filed band
- 3.22High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.22)
- 7Years filed
- $1,275,122Premium filed
- $2,855,445Indemnity paid
- $5,955,489Liability insured
- 30,028Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 127Policies
- 127Policies with a loss
- 2.24Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barton County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $2,855,445 indemnity · 7 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.