Crop-loss band · Kansas
Dickinson County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.15Low end of the filed band
- 1.64Middle of the filed band
- 3.61High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.66)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Dickinson 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 1.15 at the low end to 3.61 at the high end, with 1.64 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 3.66. 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 | $1,091,336 | $1,784,996 | $9,479,770 | 540 | 540 | 1.64 |
| 2016 | $423,152 | $496,702 | $2,526,780 | 200 | 200 | 1.17 |
| 2017 | $1,951,058 | $2,719,637 | $11,856,147 | 557 | 557 | 1.39 |
| 2018 | $3,056,264 | $9,615,770 | $26,268,353 | 1,288 | 1,287 | 3.15 |
| 2019 | $1,332,829 | $4,805,200 | $11,637,652 | 965 | 965 | 3.61 |
| 2020 | $346,487 | $398,124 | $2,987,740 | 247 | 247 | 1.15 |
| 2021 | $527,771 | $795,280 | $3,504,626 | 266 | 266 | 1.51 |
| 2022 | $8,005,592 | $17,936,515 | $58,832,718 | 1,916 | 1,915 | 2.24 |
| 2023 | $10,064,628 | $36,823,337 | $75,655,480 | 3,531 | 3,531 | 3.66 |
| 2024 | $3,570,061 | $8,173,526 | $28,028,651 | 1,350 | 1,350 | 2.29 |
Commodities insured in Dickinson 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.
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.80Low end of the filed band
- 1.47Middle of the filed band
- 3.99High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (5.45)
- 10Years filed
- $14,134,882Premium filed
- $46,895,998Indemnity paid
- $114,740,111Liability insured
- 349,812Quantity planted
- 349,145Quantity lost
- 4,412Policies
- 4,411Policies with a loss
- 3.32Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dickinson County
- Drought $34,128,754 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $9,190,756 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,324,194 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $648,689 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $435,039 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $414,784 indemnity · 2 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.04Low end of the filed band
- 2.09Middle of the filed band
- 3.35High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.22)
- 10Years filed
- $7,439,066Premium filed
- $17,876,817Indemnity paid
- $67,960,883Liability insured
- 294,746Quantity planted
- 295,091Quantity lost
- 3,196Policies
- 3,196Policies with a loss
- 2.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dickinson County
- Drought $12,588,417 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,955,304 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $782,354 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $485,184 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Winter $389,648 indemnity · 5 years
- Freeze $182,356 indemnity · 7 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.87Low end of the filed band
- 1.39Middle of the filed band
- 2.73High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.69)
- 10Years filed
- $3,941,358Premium filed
- $9,756,870Indemnity paid
- $24,948,093Liability insured
- 73,011Quantity planted
- 73,706Quantity lost
- 1,538Policies
- 1,537Policies with a loss
- 2.48Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dickinson County
- Drought $6,740,711 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $1,899,900 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $477,008 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $156,706 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $123,599 indemnity · 7 years
- Insects $123,365 indemnity · 3 years
Corn 9 years filed
- 0.38Low end of the filed band
- 1.08Middle of the filed band
- 3.48High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.48)
- 9Years filed
- $4,354,945Premium filed
- $7,969,393Indemnity paid
- $20,310,604Liability insured
- 53,865Quantity planted
- 53,387Quantity lost
- 1,036Policies
- 1,036Policies with a loss
- 1.83Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dickinson County
- Drought $5,705,392 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $822,197 indemnity · 5 years
- Hot Wind $690,861 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $394,278 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $119,076 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $113,206 indemnity · 4 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 7 years filed
- 1.17Low end of the filed band
- 2.00Middle of the filed band
- 2.48High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.48)
- 7Years filed
- $498,928Premium filed
- $1,050,009Indemnity paid
- $2,818,227Liability insured
- 35,470Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 678Policies
- 678Policies with a loss
- 2.10Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dickinson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,050,009 indemnity · 7 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Dickinson 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.