Crop-loss band · Kansas
Meade County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.47Low end of the filed band
- 2.24Middle of the filed band
- 3.89High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (4.21)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Meade 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 1.47 at the low end to 3.89 at the high end, with 2.24 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 4.21. 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 | $807,997 | $1,808,115 | $6,769,339 | 350 | 350 | 2.24 |
| 2016 | $180,204 | $274,712 | $2,234,736 | 70 | 70 | 1.52 |
| 2017 | $278,281 | $1,081,230 | $3,526,448 | 112 | 111 | 3.89 |
| 2018 | $995,197 | $2,656,692 | $5,486,044 | 381 | 380 | 2.67 |
| 2019 | $302,565 | $458,053 | $2,658,109 | 160 | 159 | 1.51 |
| 2020 | $277,911 | $407,850 | $1,547,024 | 162 | 162 | 1.47 |
| 2021 | $661,777 | $1,065,073 | $3,347,335 | 172 | 172 | 1.61 |
| 2022 | $4,890,942 | $16,655,083 | $27,378,622 | 1,034 | 1,034 | 3.41 |
| 2023 | $5,962,363 | $15,884,195 | $36,860,169 | 886 | 886 | 2.66 |
| 2024 | $2,273,823 | $9,565,167 | $18,597,404 | 552 | 552 | 4.21 |
Commodities insured in Meade 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
- 0.87Low end of the filed band
- 1.72Middle of the filed band
- 2.83High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.37)
- 10Years filed
- $8,337,504Premium filed
- $22,370,718Indemnity paid
- $37,615,735Liability insured
- 197,101Quantity planted
- 197,120Quantity lost
- 1,928Policies
- 1,926Policies with a loss
- 2.68Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Meade County
- Drought $17,107,294 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,316,945 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $1,012,229 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $874,899 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $850,174 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $437,039 indemnity · 10 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.58Low end of the filed band
- 3.13Middle of the filed band
- 6.79High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (13.60)
- 10Years filed
- $2,596,257Premium filed
- $14,958,624Indemnity paid
- $44,370,382Liability insured
- 66,436Quantity planted
- 63,812Quantity lost
- 552Policies
- 551Policies with a loss
- 5.76Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Meade County
- Hail $8,498,587 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,705,023 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $1,691,831 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $795,807 indemnity · 10 years
- Mycotoxin $668,249 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $606,036 indemnity · 7 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.70Low end of the filed band
- 1.35Middle of the filed band
- 1.85High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.31)
- 10Years filed
- $3,959,471Premium filed
- $9,501,380Indemnity paid
- $19,005,339Liability insured
- 69,243Quantity planted
- 68,966Quantity lost
- 747Policies
- 747Policies with a loss
- 2.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Meade County
- Drought $6,193,729 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,221,984 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $677,491 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $539,289 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $397,026 indemnity · 10 years
- Decline in Price $125,873 indemnity · 7 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.16Low end of the filed band
- 1.80Middle of the filed band
- 1.98High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.15)
- 10Years filed
- $1,737,828Premium filed
- $3,025,448Indemnity paid
- $7,413,774Liability insured
- 227,823Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 652Policies
- 652Policies with a loss
- 1.74Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Meade County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,025,448 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.