Crop-loss band · Kansas
Cheyenne County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.43Low end of the filed band
- 1.74Middle of the filed band
- 2.88High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.42)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Cheyenne 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 1.43 at the low end to 2.88 at the high end, with 1.74 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2018, at 3.42. 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 | $2,275,142 | $4,601,715 | $11,704,560 | 833 | 833 | 2.02 |
| 2016 | $302,617 | $431,288 | $1,576,095 | 91 | 91 | 1.43 |
| 2017 | $927,995 | $1,859,220 | $3,818,460 | 269 | 269 | 2.00 |
| 2018 | $1,190,639 | $4,077,055 | $7,803,778 | 367 | 367 | 3.42 |
| 2019 | $559,661 | $945,250 | $3,854,550 | 155 | 155 | 1.69 |
| 2020 | $2,701,039 | $4,082,484 | $13,049,579 | 558 | 558 | 1.51 |
| 2021 | $4,179,808 | $7,268,508 | $15,866,293 | 522 | 522 | 1.74 |
| 2022 | $10,993,125 | $31,713,620 | $44,394,936 | 1,163 | 1,163 | 2.88 |
| 2023 | $7,161,882 | $19,152,171 | $34,793,520 | 799 | 799 | 2.67 |
| 2024 | $5,346,078 | $8,775,041 | $24,063,228 | 744 | 744 | 1.64 |
Commodities insured in Cheyenne 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.56Low end of the filed band
- 1.99Middle of the filed band
- 3.38High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (3.55)
- 10Years filed
- $17,052,921Premium filed
- $40,488,675Indemnity paid
- $77,712,326Liability insured
- 208,950Quantity planted
- 212,214Quantity lost
- 1,568Policies
- 1,568Policies with a loss
- 2.37Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cheyenne County
- Drought $20,829,542 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $9,587,798 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $3,564,992 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $2,898,160 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,293,492 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $937,544 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.31Low end of the filed band
- 2.02Middle of the filed band
- 3.05High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.88)
- 10Years filed
- $10,489,533Premium filed
- $26,431,625Indemnity paid
- $51,278,442Liability insured
- 232,673Quantity planted
- 232,733Quantity lost
- 2,495Policies
- 2,495Policies with a loss
- 2.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cheyenne County
- Hail $11,572,802 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $10,042,369 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Winter $1,618,938 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $1,468,114 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $365,273 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $325,586 indemnity · 5 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.53Low end of the filed band
- 1.24Middle of the filed band
- 1.52High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.63)
- 10Years filed
- $5,359,896Premium filed
- $9,891,925Indemnity paid
- $17,074,756Liability insured
- 72,158Quantity planted
- 72,278Quantity lost
- 638Policies
- 638Policies with a loss
- 1.85Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cheyenne County
- Drought $7,496,526 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $871,323 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $860,035 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $219,287 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $197,386 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $121,350 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.45Low end of the filed band
- 1.67Middle of the filed band
- 2.47High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.75)
- 10Years filed
- $2,113,458Premium filed
- $4,008,758Indemnity paid
- $9,812,535Liability insured
- 239,188Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 651Policies
- 651Policies with a loss
- 1.90Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cheyenne County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $4,008,758 indemnity · 10 years
Soybeans 9 years filed
- 0.83Low end of the filed band
- 3.66Middle of the filed band
- 9.61High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (9.61)
- 9Years filed
- $355,251Premium filed
- $1,612,297Indemnity paid
- $3,930,616Liability insured
- 8,525Quantity planted
- 8,978Quantity lost
- 97Policies
- 97Policies with a loss
- 4.54Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cheyenne County
- Hail $1,140,367 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $270,325 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $118,241 indemnity · 3 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $44,921 indemnity · 2 years
- Hot Wind $22,953 indemnity · 3 years
- Insects $5,180 indemnity · 1 years
Sunflowers 9 years filed
- 0.56Low end of the filed band
- 1.17Middle of the filed band
- 3.31High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.31)
- 9Years filed
- $266,927Premium filed
- $473,072Indemnity paid
- $1,116,324Liability insured
- 4,937Quantity planted
- 4,909Quantity lost
- 52Policies
- 52Policies with a loss
- 1.77Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cheyenne County
- Drought $137,133 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $136,108 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $80,766 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $61,090 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $35,780 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $21,757 indemnity · 2 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.