Crop-loss band · Kansas
Ellis County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.47Low end of the filed band
- 1.89Middle of the filed band
- 2.42High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.49)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Ellis 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 1.47 at the low end to 2.42 at the high end, with 1.89 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 2.49. 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 | $1,192,604 | $1,963,101 | $6,978,650 | 703 | 703 | 1.65 |
| 2016 | $232,907 | $474,226 | $1,287,223 | 172 | 172 | 2.04 |
| 2017 | $683,403 | $1,581,068 | $3,742,904 | 422 | 422 | 2.31 |
| 2018 | $717,472 | $1,352,692 | $4,010,755 | 415 | 415 | 1.89 |
| 2019 | $766,674 | $1,128,552 | $3,177,817 | 307 | 307 | 1.47 |
| 2020 | $253,228 | $417,992 | $1,198,762 | 171 | 171 | 1.65 |
| 2021 | $652,460 | $1,409,350 | $3,061,570 | 239 | 239 | 2.16 |
| 2022 | $4,260,219 | $10,600,165 | $20,310,820 | 898 | 898 | 2.49 |
| 2023 | $6,602,905 | $15,997,766 | $32,488,489 | 1,654 | 1,654 | 2.42 |
| 2024 | $3,652,189 | $6,195,692 | $18,719,387 | 1,281 | 1,281 | 1.70 |
Commodities insured in Ellis 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.
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.19Low end of the filed band
- 1.58Middle of the filed band
- 2.17High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.56)
- 10Years filed
- $8,304,173Premium filed
- $17,253,934Indemnity paid
- $42,283,829Liability insured
- 136,771Quantity planted
- 137,511Quantity lost
- 1,957Policies
- 1,957Policies with a loss
- 2.08Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellis County
- Drought $13,757,569 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,195,011 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $388,591 indemnity · 10 years
- Decline in Price $274,534 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $208,758 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $173,721 indemnity · 5 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.58Low end of the filed band
- 1.92Middle of the filed band
- 3.03High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.64)
- 10Years filed
- $7,034,211Premium filed
- $16,154,888Indemnity paid
- $37,235,261Liability insured
- 195,175Quantity planted
- 195,889Quantity lost
- 3,100Policies
- 3,100Policies with a loss
- 2.30Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellis County
- Drought $11,471,825 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $2,274,366 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $622,739 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $406,064 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $372,720 indemnity · 6 years
- Cold Winter $365,613 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.85Low end of the filed band
- 1.25Middle of the filed band
- 2.59High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.76)
- 10Years filed
- $1,912,196Premium filed
- $4,082,317Indemnity paid
- $6,571,825Liability insured
- 24,392Quantity planted
- 24,497Quantity lost
- 291Policies
- 291Policies with a loss
- 2.13Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellis County
- Drought $2,959,486 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $458,274 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $292,728 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $262,236 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $50,157 indemnity · 2 years
- Hot Wind $37,975 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 8 years filed
- 0.82Low end of the filed band
- 1.91Middle of the filed band
- 2.53High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.53)
- 8Years filed
- $1,501,301Premium filed
- $3,140,148Indemnity paid
- $7,835,345Liability insured
- 123,880Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 886Policies
- 886Policies with a loss
- 2.09Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellis County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $3,140,148 indemnity · 8 years
Sunflowers 6 years filed
- 0.26Low end of the filed band
- 1.20Middle of the filed band
- 2.49High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.49)
- 6Years filed
- $262,179Premium filed
- $489,317Indemnity paid
- $1,050,118Liability insured
- 3,955Quantity planted
- 4,029Quantity lost
- 28Policies
- 28Policies with a loss
- 1.87Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellis County
- Drought $478,777 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,161 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $3,827 indemnity · 1 years
- Hot Wind $2,509 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $42 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Ellis 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.