Crop-loss band · Kansas
Lyon County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.04Low end of the filed band
- 1.39Middle of the filed band
- 2.54High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.03)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Lyon 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 1.04 at the low end to 2.54 at the high end, with 1.39 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2018, at 3.03. 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 | $771,696 | $1,231,862 | $4,065,164 | 315 | 315 | 1.60 |
| 2016 | $746,227 | $958,788 | $3,889,574 | 297 | 293 | 1.28 |
| 2017 | $644,985 | $668,895 | $3,525,936 | 208 | 208 | 1.04 |
| 2018 | $1,431,871 | $4,340,281 | $10,275,184 | 432 | 431 | 3.03 |
| 2019 | $1,589,578 | $2,680,338 | $10,033,204 | 476 | 475 | 1.69 |
| 2020 | $558,628 | $779,061 | $3,507,026 | 299 | 298 | 1.39 |
| 2021 | $1,409,783 | $1,599,079 | $8,548,959 | 367 | 367 | 1.13 |
| 2022 | $4,769,587 | $10,830,726 | $30,976,220 | 841 | 841 | 2.27 |
| 2023 | $4,399,644 | $11,177,158 | $31,981,332 | 863 | 863 | 2.54 |
| 2024 | $1,117,948 | $1,282,291 | $7,199,591 | 402 | 402 | 1.15 |
Commodities insured in Lyon 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.
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.69Low end of the filed band
- 1.25Middle of the filed band
- 2.41High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.01)
- 10Years filed
- $9,216,398Premium filed
- $20,069,262Indemnity paid
- $67,752,332Liability insured
- 219,626Quantity planted
- 208,694Quantity lost
- 1,904Policies
- 1,898Policies with a loss
- 2.18Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lyon County
- Drought $13,108,644 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,770,358 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,735,292 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $911,678 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $145,128 indemnity · 8 years
- Flood $129,143 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.63Low end of the filed band
- 1.33Middle of the filed band
- 2.01High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (4.31)
- 10Years filed
- $5,378,056Premium filed
- $10,434,859Indemnity paid
- $29,548,184Liability insured
- 78,210Quantity planted
- 74,815Quantity lost
- 915Policies
- 914Policies with a loss
- 1.94Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lyon County
- Drought $6,431,387 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,028,362 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $1,218,849 indemnity · 8 years
- Flood $436,120 indemnity · 4 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $144,085 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $72,325 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.73Low end of the filed band
- 1.66Middle of the filed band
- 2.11High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.49)
- 10Years filed
- $2,407,252Premium filed
- $4,269,264Indemnity paid
- $14,173,050Liability insured
- 234,512Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,424Policies
- 1,424Policies with a loss
- 1.77Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lyon County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $4,269,264 indemnity · 10 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.47Low end of the filed band
- 1.42Middle of the filed band
- 2.58High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.72)
- 10Years filed
- $438,241Premium filed
- $775,094Indemnity paid
- $2,528,624Liability insured
- 14,109Quantity planted
- 14,109Quantity lost
- 257Policies
- 257Policies with a loss
- 1.77Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Lyon County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $530,576 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $81,398 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $48,805 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $44,453 indemnity · 4 years
- Freeze $20,641 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $13,756 indemnity · 3 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Lyon 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.