Crop-loss band · Kansas
Gray County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.76Low end of the filed band
- 3.01Middle of the filed band
- 3.49High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.71)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Gray 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 1.76 at the low end to 3.49 at the high end, with 3.01 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 3.71. 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 | $1,726,124 | $5,426,367 | $14,276,338 | 630 | 630 | 3.14 |
| 2016 | $462,041 | $1,047,475 | $4,715,231 | 117 | 117 | 2.27 |
| 2017 | $1,156,656 | $3,539,156 | $11,012,336 | 393 | 393 | 3.06 |
| 2018 | $1,486,617 | $2,618,621 | $9,982,388 | 536 | 536 | 1.76 |
| 2019 | $2,231,584 | $8,276,226 | $22,058,392 | 679 | 678 | 3.71 |
| 2020 | $1,764,235 | $5,577,412 | $12,568,781 | 506 | 505 | 3.16 |
| 2021 | $1,373,400 | $2,923,923 | $8,640,830 | 284 | 282 | 2.13 |
| 2022 | $10,157,800 | $35,427,372 | $60,084,211 | 1,742 | 1,742 | 3.49 |
| 2023 | $10,121,880 | $25,705,753 | $57,321,921 | 1,559 | 1,559 | 2.54 |
| 2024 | $5,900,218 | $17,753,080 | $39,521,315 | 1,136 | 1,136 | 3.01 |
Commodities insured in Gray County
7 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 2.22Low end of the filed band
- 3.72Middle of the filed band
- 5.42High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (7.86)
- 10Years filed
- $8,607,613Premium filed
- $35,390,485Indemnity paid
- $92,512,628Liability insured
- 168,368Quantity planted
- 167,239Quantity lost
- 1,461Policies
- 1,460Policies with a loss
- 4.11Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Gray County
- Hail $18,958,258 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $4,597,439 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $4,309,560 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $1,996,870 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $1,996,588 indemnity · 4 years
- Mycotoxin $992,442 indemnity · 1 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.09Low end of the filed band
- 1.66Middle of the filed band
- 2.00High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.39)
- 10Years filed
- $13,676,141Premium filed
- $33,555,129Indemnity paid
- $71,343,880Liability insured
- 218,317Quantity planted
- 219,838Quantity lost
- 2,166Policies
- 2,166Policies with a loss
- 2.45Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Gray County
- Drought $20,244,621 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,799,171 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $3,745,122 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $2,493,908 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $1,230,730 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $970,458 indemnity · 9 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.38Low end of the filed band
- 1.70Middle of the filed band
- 3.00High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.11)
- 10Years filed
- $11,556,910Premium filed
- $29,580,433Indemnity paid
- $57,241,773Liability insured
- 264,196Quantity planted
- 265,031Quantity lost
- 3,135Policies
- 3,133Policies with a loss
- 2.56Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Gray County
- Drought $19,723,347 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $3,356,867 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $2,110,810 indemnity · 6 years
- Hot Wind $1,107,753 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $842,671 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $666,186 indemnity · 8 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 2.73Low end of the filed band
- 5.65Middle of the filed band
- 8.32High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (9.16)
- 10Years filed
- $692,734Premium filed
- $3,987,560Indemnity paid
- $10,004,873Liability insured
- 20,043Quantity planted
- 19,798Quantity lost
- 240Policies
- 240Policies with a loss
- 5.76Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Gray County
- Hail $1,927,117 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,086,264 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $740,832 indemnity · 10 years
- Decline in Price $79,193 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $47,176 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $41,795 indemnity · 1 years
All Other Crops 5 years filed
- 1.02Low end of the filed band
- 3.44Middle of the filed band
- 5.86High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (5.86)
- 5Years filed
- $617,188Premium filed
- $3,191,356Indemnity paid
- $4,293,491Liability insured
- 3,189Quantity planted
- 2,215Quantity lost
- 14Policies
- 13Policies with a loss
- 5.17Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Gray County
- Heat $2,611,951 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $170,989 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $170,688 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $166,287 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $71,441 indemnity · 1 years
Annual Forage 5 years filed
- 1.51Low end of the filed band
- 2.38Middle of the filed band
- 2.43High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.43)
- 5Years filed
- $606,315Premium filed
- $1,369,449Indemnity paid
- $2,256,988Liability insured
- 15,163Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 54Policies
- 54Policies with a loss
- 2.26Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Gray County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,369,449 indemnity · 5 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 1.30Low end of the filed band
- 1.90Middle of the filed band
- 2.41High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.44)
- 10Years filed
- $623,654Premium filed
- $1,220,973Indemnity paid
- $2,528,110Liability insured
- 56,450Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 512Policies
- 512Policies with a loss
- 1.96Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Gray County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,220,973 indemnity · 10 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.