Crop-loss band · Kansas
Decatur County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.49Low end of the filed band
- 2.07Middle of the filed band
- 2.53High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.70)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Decatur 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 1.49 at the low end to 2.53 at the high end, with 2.07 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 4.70. 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 | $3,989,480 | $8,287,998 | $20,746,144 | 1,057 | 1,057 | 2.08 |
| 2016 | $359,690 | $535,745 | $1,725,606 | 130 | 130 | 1.49 |
| 2017 | $732,373 | $1,613,857 | $3,159,868 | 309 | 309 | 2.20 |
| 2018 | $648,976 | $1,639,205 | $3,955,554 | 267 | 266 | 2.53 |
| 2019 | $925,305 | $1,913,480 | $4,502,920 | 221 | 221 | 2.07 |
| 2020 | $1,935,762 | $3,191,450 | $10,522,401 | 350 | 350 | 1.65 |
| 2021 | $4,570,374 | $9,818,772 | $21,609,020 | 514 | 514 | 2.15 |
| 2022 | $12,997,258 | $61,124,422 | $65,540,210 | 1,425 | 1,425 | 4.70 |
| 2023 | $8,942,705 | $16,490,634 | $45,265,647 | 1,043 | 1,043 | 1.84 |
| 2024 | $6,048,378 | $12,185,713 | $30,487,584 | 759 | 759 | 2.01 |
Commodities insured in Decatur County
5 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
- 1.18Low end of the filed band
- 1.85Middle of the filed band
- 2.23High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.87)
- 10Years filed
- $27,560,396Premium filed
- $79,784,640Indemnity paid
- $136,095,675Liability insured
- 384,615Quantity planted
- 384,667Quantity lost
- 2,447Policies
- 2,447Policies with a loss
- 2.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Decatur County
- Drought $61,727,547 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $7,707,267 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $3,837,080 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $2,553,034 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,452,616 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $1,383,036 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.46Low end of the filed band
- 2.25Middle of the filed band
- 3.57High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.49)
- 10Years filed
- $8,979,802Premium filed
- $25,042,928Indemnity paid
- $51,984,864Liability insured
- 231,944Quantity planted
- 232,089Quantity lost
- 2,549Policies
- 2,548Policies with a loss
- 2.79Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Decatur County
- Drought $13,127,609 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $7,112,306 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Winter $2,089,559 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $711,497 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $562,413 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $547,464 indemnity · 6 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 1.80Middle of the filed band
- 2.85High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.97)
- 10Years filed
- $3,284,153Premium filed
- $8,615,806Indemnity paid
- $13,008,501Liability insured
- 53,200Quantity planted
- 53,913Quantity lost
- 596Policies
- 596Policies with a loss
- 2.62Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Decatur County
- Drought $6,650,311 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $861,443 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $588,660 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $194,863 indemnity · 7 years
- All Other Causes $141,160 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $64,291 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.99Low end of the filed band
- 2.28Middle of the filed band
- 3.84High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (11.20)
- 10Years filed
- $804,528Premium filed
- $2,422,148Indemnity paid
- $3,685,844Liability insured
- 13,944Quantity planted
- 14,506Quantity lost
- 166Policies
- 166Policies with a loss
- 3.01Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Decatur County
- Drought $1,746,218 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $268,527 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $150,964 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $116,335 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $55,313 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $27,411 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 8 years filed
- 0.91Low end of the filed band
- 1.80Middle of the filed band
- 2.60High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.60)
- 8Years filed
- $521,422Premium filed
- $935,754Indemnity paid
- $2,740,070Liability insured
- 64,548Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 317Policies
- 317Policies with a loss
- 1.79Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Decatur County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $935,754 indemnity · 8 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.