Crop-loss band · Kansas
Grant County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.31Low end of the filed band
- 1.82Middle of the filed band
- 2.56High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.73)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Grant 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 1.31 at the low end to 2.56 at the high end, with 1.82 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 2.73. 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 | $2,804,014 | $6,096,947 | $10,174,513 | 877 | 877 | 2.17 |
| 2016 | $460,048 | $876,822 | $1,824,592 | 170 | 170 | 1.91 |
| 2017 | $1,954,612 | $5,340,229 | $12,292,581 | 583 | 582 | 2.73 |
| 2018 | $857,524 | $1,306,261 | $5,302,435 | 227 | 227 | 1.52 |
| 2019 | $1,412,424 | $2,340,969 | $8,582,334 | 309 | 309 | 1.66 |
| 2020 | $3,146,186 | $4,896,354 | $11,328,228 | 665 | 664 | 1.56 |
| 2021 | $1,930,011 | $2,523,335 | $6,170,259 | 330 | 330 | 1.31 |
| 2022 | $9,163,788 | $23,476,246 | $33,061,899 | 1,235 | 1,235 | 2.56 |
| 2023 | $9,586,281 | $20,041,722 | $34,987,339 | 1,047 | 1,047 | 2.09 |
| 2024 | $4,500,801 | $8,185,988 | $19,257,041 | 602 | 602 | 1.82 |
Commodities insured in Grant 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
- 1.12Low end of the filed band
- 1.42Middle of the filed band
- 2.33High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.50)
- 10Years filed
- $14,246,287Premium filed
- $30,242,278Indemnity paid
- $44,746,377Liability insured
- 263,187Quantity planted
- 263,293Quantity lost
- 3,199Policies
- 3,199Policies with a loss
- 2.12Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Grant County
- Drought $17,649,085 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $5,297,397 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $3,996,106 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $576,988 indemnity · 9 years
- Freeze $566,403 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Winter $500,550 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.71Low end of the filed band
- 2.39Middle of the filed band
- 4.49High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (9.21)
- 10Years filed
- $10,476,658Premium filed
- $28,932,622Indemnity paid
- $69,696,040Liability insured
- 149,810Quantity planted
- 149,425Quantity lost
- 1,234Policies
- 1,234Policies with a loss
- 2.76Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Grant County
- Hail $10,162,936 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $7,331,204 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $4,684,045 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $3,367,421 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $1,290,866 indemnity · 8 years
- Mycotoxin $818,112 indemnity · 5 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.81Low end of the filed band
- 1.08Middle of the filed band
- 1.32High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (1.94)
- 10Years filed
- $10,315,887Premium filed
- $14,376,994Indemnity paid
- $25,559,140Liability insured
- 130,989Quantity planted
- 131,630Quantity lost
- 1,260Policies
- 1,258Policies with a loss
- 1.39Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Grant County
- Drought $9,571,836 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,261,412 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $1,071,991 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $678,365 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $273,921 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $147,427 indemnity · 6 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 7 years filed
- 0.89Low end of the filed band
- 1.86Middle of the filed band
- 2.88High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.88)
- 7Years filed
- $467,257Premium filed
- $868,645Indemnity paid
- $1,861,129Liability insured
- 49,212Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 301Policies
- 301Policies with a loss
- 1.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Grant County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $868,645 indemnity · 7 years
Cotton 8 years filed
- 0.86Low end of the filed band
- 1.36Middle of the filed band
- 2.86High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.86)
- 8Years filed
- $309,599Premium filed
- $664,334Indemnity paid
- $1,118,535Liability insured
- 2,676Quantity planted
- 3,062Quantity lost
- 51Policies
- 51Policies with a loss
- 2.15Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Grant County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $212,882 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $149,560 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $80,076 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $65,347 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $60,264 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $49,128 indemnity · 2 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Grant 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.