Crop-loss band · Kansas
Greeley County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.25Low end of the filed band
- 1.61Middle of the filed band
- 2.02High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.17)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Greeley 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 1.25 at the low end to 2.02 at the high end, with 1.61 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 2.17. 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 | $3,442,560 | $5,531,780 | $13,234,809 | 747 | 747 | 1.61 |
| 2016 | $672,834 | $1,129,329 | $2,297,663 | 245 | 245 | 1.68 |
| 2017 | $2,806,590 | $6,103,213 | $10,757,657 | 1,018 | 1,013 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | $2,249,692 | $3,278,022 | $8,702,645 | 434 | 433 | 1.46 |
| 2019 | $987,123 | $1,480,832 | $3,903,419 | 195 | 195 | 1.50 |
| 2020 | $6,482,132 | $12,269,378 | $24,600,596 | 1,023 | 1,023 | 1.89 |
| 2021 | $5,862,603 | $10,348,825 | $18,436,290 | 702 | 702 | 1.77 |
| 2022 | $14,021,640 | $28,279,140 | $44,974,950 | 1,271 | 1,271 | 2.02 |
| 2023 | $11,406,290 | $14,294,602 | $36,416,169 | 978 | 977 | 1.25 |
| 2024 | $12,971,168 | $19,587,004 | $43,785,741 | 1,351 | 1,351 | 1.51 |
Commodities insured in Greeley County
4 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
- 1.08Low end of the filed band
- 1.57Middle of the filed band
- 2.06High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.25)
- 10Years filed
- $23,557,715Premium filed
- $38,409,310Indemnity paid
- $79,403,135Liability insured
- 492,619Quantity planted
- 492,766Quantity lost
- 4,185Policies
- 4,181Policies with a loss
- 1.63Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Greeley County
- Drought $26,687,532 indemnity · 9 years
- Plant Disease $2,725,367 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,884,171 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Winter $1,643,487 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $1,245,249 indemnity · 5 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $942,449 indemnity · 2 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.38Low end of the filed band
- 1.73Middle of the filed band
- 2.30High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.70)
- 10Years filed
- $16,816,718Premium filed
- $31,326,463Indemnity paid
- $60,635,781Liability insured
- 217,084Quantity planted
- 219,858Quantity lost
- 1,511Policies
- 1,510Policies with a loss
- 1.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Greeley County
- Drought $17,296,829 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $5,551,341 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,497,061 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $2,062,689 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,758,317 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $1,244,816 indemnity · 6 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.55Low end of the filed band
- 1.30Middle of the filed band
- 1.94High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (1.95)
- 10Years filed
- $19,338,725Premium filed
- $30,352,671Indemnity paid
- $62,808,368Liability insured
- 282,060Quantity planted
- 286,355Quantity lost
- 2,105Policies
- 2,103Policies with a loss
- 1.57Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Greeley County
- Drought $19,986,043 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $3,427,040 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,448,149 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $1,954,163 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,103,865 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $760,469 indemnity · 8 years
Annual Forage 6 years filed
- 0.74Low end of the filed band
- 1.74Middle of the filed band
- 1.99High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (1.99)
- 6Years filed
- $1,189,473Premium filed
- $2,213,681Indemnity paid
- $4,262,655Liability insured
- 31,975Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 163Policies
- 163Policies with a loss
- 1.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Greeley County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $2,213,681 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.