Crop-loss band · Kansas
Ellsworth County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.71Low end of the filed band
- 1.88Middle of the filed band
- 2.90High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.39)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Ellsworth 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 1.71 at the low end to 2.90 at the high end, with 1.88 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 3.39. 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 | $942,794 | $1,799,241 | $6,442,082 | 558 | 558 | 1.91 |
| 2016 | $294,324 | $502,503 | $1,778,633 | 199 | 199 | 1.71 |
| 2017 | $755,311 | $1,486,927 | $4,786,213 | 368 | 368 | 1.97 |
| 2018 | $527,707 | $942,887 | $3,472,770 | 234 | 234 | 1.79 |
| 2019 | $1,185,842 | $2,170,778 | $7,178,294 | 453 | 450 | 1.83 |
| 2020 | $502,382 | $862,475 | $2,999,407 | 232 | 230 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | $716,588 | $1,347,694 | $4,306,599 | 290 | 289 | 1.88 |
| 2022 | $3,751,974 | $10,873,012 | $23,844,493 | 910 | 910 | 2.90 |
| 2023 | $5,845,327 | $19,805,987 | $36,019,989 | 1,528 | 1,528 | 3.39 |
| 2024 | $2,759,435 | $5,819,818 | $17,380,460 | 933 | 933 | 2.11 |
Commodities insured in Ellsworth 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
- 0.97Low end of the filed band
- 1.88Middle of the filed band
- 2.95High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.34)
- 10Years filed
- $7,897,123Premium filed
- $20,125,039Indemnity paid
- $50,892,014Liability insured
- 216,842Quantity planted
- 216,793Quantity lost
- 2,598Policies
- 2,594Policies with a loss
- 2.55Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellsworth County
- Drought $14,184,530 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $2,471,615 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,127,272 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Winter $736,618 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $555,233 indemnity · 6 years
- Freeze $402,079 indemnity · 7 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.69Low end of the filed band
- 1.66Middle of the filed band
- 3.86High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.88)
- 10Years filed
- $3,272,579Premium filed
- $10,867,349Indemnity paid
- $21,076,580Liability insured
- 68,841Quantity planted
- 68,940Quantity lost
- 1,046Policies
- 1,046Policies with a loss
- 3.32Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellsworth County
- Drought $7,967,977 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $1,808,604 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $315,187 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $256,831 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $189,835 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $128,656 indemnity · 3 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.15Low end of the filed band
- 1.91Middle of the filed band
- 2.64High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.09)
- 10Years filed
- $4,094,717Premium filed
- $10,328,274Indemnity paid
- $25,331,521Liability insured
- 79,871Quantity planted
- 79,946Quantity lost
- 1,371Policies
- 1,369Policies with a loss
- 2.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellsworth County
- Drought $7,685,074 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,481,682 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $515,550 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $268,381 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $122,086 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $83,719 indemnity · 3 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.62Low end of the filed band
- 2.10Middle of the filed band
- 2.85High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.73)
- 10Years filed
- $1,009,230Premium filed
- $2,257,757Indemnity paid
- $5,587,234Liability insured
- 18,684Quantity planted
- 18,675Quantity lost
- 278Policies
- 278Policies with a loss
- 2.24Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellsworth County
- Drought $1,354,891 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $299,044 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $208,345 indemnity · 2 years
- Mycotoxin $168,592 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $60,772 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $59,992 indemnity · 7 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 6 years filed
- 0.95Low end of the filed band
- 1.65Middle of the filed band
- 2.52High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.52)
- 6Years filed
- $1,008,035Premium filed
- $2,032,903Indemnity paid
- $5,321,591Liability insured
- 89,951Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 412Policies
- 412Policies with a loss
- 2.02Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ellsworth County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $2,032,903 indemnity · 6 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.