Crop-loss band · Kansas
Edwards County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.65Low end of the filed band
- 2.23Middle of the filed band
- 3.81High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.85)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Edwards 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 1.65 at the low end to 3.81 at the high end, with 2.23 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 4.85. 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 | $837,248 | $1,432,179 | $5,058,756 | 370 | 370 | 1.71 |
| 2016 | $696,100 | $1,149,039 | $4,428,600 | 280 | 280 | 1.65 |
| 2017 | $1,030,367 | $2,213,863 | $6,820,908 | 475 | 474 | 2.15 |
| 2018 | $1,213,645 | $2,706,603 | $9,571,988 | 457 | 456 | 2.23 |
| 2019 | $1,018,463 | $2,263,562 | $7,861,745 | 396 | 396 | 2.22 |
| 2020 | $480,335 | $2,328,724 | $4,913,487 | 266 | 264 | 4.85 |
| 2021 | $433,697 | $1,654,275 | $3,117,316 | 184 | 184 | 3.81 |
| 2022 | $4,938,994 | $14,786,849 | $27,484,498 | 1,037 | 1,037 | 2.99 |
| 2023 | $7,577,106 | $24,636,604 | $49,360,267 | 1,192 | 1,192 | 3.25 |
| 2024 | $3,839,158 | $9,850,821 | $21,773,871 | 797 | 797 | 2.57 |
Commodities insured in Edwards 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.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.53Low end of the filed band
- 2.26Middle of the filed band
- 3.02High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (3.29)
- 10Years filed
- $10,268,828Premium filed
- $28,040,585Indemnity paid
- $53,517,495Liability insured
- 256,830Quantity planted
- 256,956Quantity lost
- 2,394Policies
- 2,393Policies with a loss
- 2.73Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Edwards County
- Drought $21,364,423 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,654,161 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $1,619,726 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $966,376 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $927,908 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $492,314 indemnity · 10 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.24Low end of the filed band
- 1.56Middle of the filed band
- 2.68High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.24)
- 10Years filed
- $4,483,404Premium filed
- $13,420,106Indemnity paid
- $24,594,201Liability insured
- 86,981Quantity planted
- 87,867Quantity lost
- 1,135Policies
- 1,134Policies with a loss
- 2.99Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Edwards County
- Drought $9,399,521 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,772,403 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,071,779 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $653,610 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $234,267 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $122,871 indemnity · 6 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.64Low end of the filed band
- 1.73Middle of the filed band
- 2.84High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (11.55)
- 10Years filed
- $5,175,404Premium filed
- $12,873,494Indemnity paid
- $42,364,593Liability insured
- 89,652Quantity planted
- 84,943Quantity lost
- 957Policies
- 955Policies with a loss
- 2.49Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Edwards County
- Drought $4,411,906 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $3,564,338 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $2,483,124 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,209,359 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $368,301 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $273,339 indemnity · 6 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 3.40Low end of the filed band
- 4.15Middle of the filed band
- 8.00High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (8.54)
- 10Years filed
- $1,265,179Premium filed
- $7,212,527Indemnity paid
- $16,151,902Liability insured
- 42,800Quantity planted
- 42,949Quantity lost
- 615Policies
- 615Policies with a loss
- 5.70Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Edwards County
- Heat $2,028,307 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,895,488 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $1,412,731 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,070,265 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $520,827 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $162,910 indemnity · 8 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 0.51Low end of the filed band
- 1.68Middle of the filed band
- 2.09High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.09)
- 9Years filed
- $872,298Premium filed
- $1,475,807Indemnity paid
- $3,763,245Liability insured
- 63,671Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 353Policies
- 353Policies with a loss
- 1.69Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Edwards County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,475,807 indemnity · 9 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.