Crop-loss band · Kansas
Lincoln County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.56Low end of the filed band
- 1.87Middle of the filed band
- 2.79High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.57)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Lincoln 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 1.56 at the low end to 2.79 at the high end, with 1.87 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 3.57. 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 | $1,313,632 | $2,459,185 | $8,930,048 | 676 | 676 | 1.87 |
| 2016 | $383,230 | $597,515 | $2,301,688 | 196 | 193 | 1.56 |
| 2017 | $1,114,572 | $1,735,574 | $6,879,280 | 550 | 545 | 1.56 |
| 2018 | $938,862 | $1,794,542 | $6,191,291 | 523 | 522 | 1.91 |
| 2019 | $649,191 | $1,421,703 | $3,343,909 | 314 | 314 | 2.19 |
| 2020 | $364,561 | $674,621 | $2,400,343 | 250 | 250 | 1.85 |
| 2021 | $591,618 | $1,015,547 | $3,750,124 | 246 | 245 | 1.72 |
| 2022 | $4,504,163 | $12,587,897 | $29,959,509 | 1,314 | 1,314 | 2.79 |
| 2023 | $7,990,450 | $28,521,789 | $49,727,623 | 2,066 | 2,066 | 3.57 |
| 2024 | $3,762,677 | $8,333,961 | $21,087,096 | 1,306 | 1,306 | 2.21 |
Commodities insured in Lincoln 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
- 1.75Low end of the filed band
- 2.27Middle of the filed band
- 2.69High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.37)
- 10Years filed
- $8,073,907Premium filed
- $22,885,190Indemnity paid
- $49,950,290Liability insured
- 204,333Quantity planted
- 204,468Quantity lost
- 2,576Policies
- 2,574Policies with a loss
- 2.83Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lincoln County
- Drought $16,392,090 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,738,616 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,527,693 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Winter $1,157,297 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $698,491 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $547,163 indemnity · 8 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.76Low end of the filed band
- 1.68Middle of the filed band
- 3.50High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.74)
- 10Years filed
- $5,906,587Premium filed
- $18,164,794Indemnity paid
- $40,937,037Liability insured
- 125,539Quantity planted
- 125,929Quantity lost
- 2,094Policies
- 2,091Policies with a loss
- 3.08Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lincoln County
- Drought $12,893,308 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,191,897 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $917,538 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $464,243 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $442,505 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $124,966 indemnity · 7 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.21Low end of the filed band
- 1.63Middle of the filed band
- 2.72High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.29)
- 10Years filed
- $4,455,667Premium filed
- $11,178,071Indemnity paid
- $27,231,636Liability insured
- 85,346Quantity planted
- 85,462Quantity lost
- 1,614Policies
- 1,611Policies with a loss
- 2.51Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lincoln County
- Drought $7,565,967 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,899,962 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $840,467 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $566,745 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $95,809 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $66,678 indemnity · 6 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.89Low end of the filed band
- 1.54Middle of the filed band
- 2.38High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.55)
- 10Years filed
- $1,493,579Premium filed
- $3,549,115Indemnity paid
- $6,701,015Liability insured
- 19,303Quantity planted
- 19,234Quantity lost
- 314Policies
- 312Policies with a loss
- 2.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lincoln County
- Drought $2,479,047 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $630,711 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $181,296 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $120,750 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $38,365 indemnity · 2 years
- Hot Wind $26,689 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 1.13Low end of the filed band
- 1.70Middle of the filed band
- 2.30High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.69)
- 10Years filed
- $1,683,216Premium filed
- $3,365,164Indemnity paid
- $9,750,933Liability insured
- 150,172Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 843Policies
- 843Policies with a loss
- 2.00Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lincoln County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,365,164 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.