Crop-loss band · Kansas
Butler County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.23Low end of the filed band
- 1.80Middle of the filed band
- 2.90High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.32)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Butler 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 1.23 at the low end to 2.90 at the high end, with 1.80 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 3.32. 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 | $839,662 | $1,508,831 | $4,044,936 | 334 | 334 | 1.80 |
| 2016 | $753,678 | $1,009,485 | $3,245,707 | 189 | 187 | 1.34 |
| 2017 | $1,454,310 | $1,783,926 | $7,031,797 | 322 | 322 | 1.23 |
| 2018 | $1,216,303 | $2,552,670 | $6,705,177 | 331 | 331 | 2.10 |
| 2019 | $1,728,572 | $3,532,003 | $10,115,463 | 563 | 563 | 2.04 |
| 2020 | $622,430 | $841,409 | $4,089,241 | 260 | 260 | 1.35 |
| 2021 | $1,236,710 | $3,408,691 | $7,264,890 | 290 | 288 | 2.76 |
| 2022 | $10,709,758 | $31,048,147 | $64,930,139 | 1,347 | 1,347 | 2.90 |
| 2023 | $8,949,818 | $29,696,466 | $58,832,249 | 1,315 | 1,315 | 3.32 |
| 2024 | $3,610,648 | $4,569,451 | $20,756,251 | 637 | 637 | 1.27 |
Commodities insured in Butler 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
- 1.08Low end of the filed band
- 1.44Middle of the filed band
- 3.69High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.80)
- 10Years filed
- $13,061,980Premium filed
- $42,161,723Indemnity paid
- $82,920,918Liability insured
- 246,654Quantity planted
- 248,467Quantity lost
- 2,137Policies
- 2,137Policies with a loss
- 3.23Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- Drought $29,608,760 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $9,636,451 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,513,784 indemnity · 10 years
- Flood $338,239 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $321,434 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $239,215 indemnity · 6 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.84Low end of the filed band
- 1.74Middle of the filed band
- 2.20High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.22)
- 10Years filed
- $12,422,513Premium filed
- $23,295,636Indemnity paid
- $70,154,453Liability insured
- 153,796Quantity planted
- 154,934Quantity lost
- 1,350Policies
- 1,349Policies with a loss
- 1.88Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- Drought $16,191,820 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $3,188,836 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,634,966 indemnity · 10 years
- Flood $875,313 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $530,582 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $420,887 indemnity · 8 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.67Low end of the filed band
- 2.14Middle of the filed band
- 2.54High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.75)
- 10Years filed
- $2,448,254Premium filed
- $4,959,560Indemnity paid
- $15,368,643Liability insured
- 76,144Quantity planted
- 76,300Quantity lost
- 983Policies
- 982Policies with a loss
- 2.03Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- Drought $3,371,033 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,140,415 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $144,338 indemnity · 6 years
- XX $82,921 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $63,985 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $49,164 indemnity · 6 years
Cotton 7 years filed
- 1.52Low end of the filed band
- 3.97Middle of the filed band
- 7.42High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (7.42)
- 7Years filed
- $881,470Premium filed
- $4,609,108Indemnity paid
- $5,654,297Liability insured
- 16,317Quantity planted
- 16,317Quantity lost
- 82Policies
- 80Policies with a loss
- 5.23Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- Drought $2,668,955 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,864,271 indemnity · 4 years
- Freeze $63,940 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $10,497 indemnity · 1 years
- Frost $1,446 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.74Low end of the filed band
- 1.88Middle of the filed band
- 2.57High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.63)
- 10Years filed
- $1,879,760Premium filed
- $3,490,650Indemnity paid
- $10,558,449Liability insured
- 206,471Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 815Policies
- 815Policies with a loss
- 1.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,480,100 indemnity · 10 years
- Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation $10,550 indemnity · 1 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.76Low end of the filed band
- 2.47Middle of the filed band
- 3.07High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.43)
- 10Years filed
- $427,911Premium filed
- $1,434,402Indemnity paid
- $2,359,089Liability insured
- 10,601Quantity planted
- 10,920Quantity lost
- 221Policies
- 221Policies with a loss
- 3.35Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- Drought $789,992 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $252,942 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $192,388 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $140,626 indemnity · 3 years
- Freeze $32,109 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $9,703 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.