Crop-loss band · Kansas
Mitchell County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.70Low end of the filed band
- 2.13Middle of the filed band
- 2.48High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.36)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Mitchell 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 1.70 at the low end to 2.48 at the high end, with 2.13 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 4.36. 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 | $2,237,675 | $5,076,906 | $18,986,904 | 879 | 879 | 2.27 |
| 2016 | $487,203 | $982,753 | $3,375,325 | 303 | 303 | 2.02 |
| 2017 | $1,709,500 | $2,901,475 | $10,029,605 | 675 | 675 | 1.70 |
| 2018 | $1,434,376 | $3,343,092 | $11,218,928 | 771 | 771 | 2.33 |
| 2019 | $819,038 | $1,662,170 | $5,572,381 | 389 | 389 | 2.03 |
| 2020 | $451,367 | $960,632 | $3,418,425 | 280 | 280 | 2.13 |
| 2021 | $1,466,821 | $2,540,872 | $8,954,108 | 359 | 357 | 1.73 |
| 2022 | $7,795,176 | $18,121,505 | $50,529,145 | 1,352 | 1,350 | 2.32 |
| 2023 | $13,431,689 | $58,616,113 | $92,785,164 | 3,044 | 3,044 | 4.36 |
| 2024 | $7,919,773 | $19,619,487 | $53,092,609 | 1,874 | 1,874 | 2.48 |
Commodities insured in Mitchell 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.
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.36Low end of the filed band
- 1.84Middle of the filed band
- 3.21High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (5.09)
- 10Years filed
- $11,712,670Premium filed
- $38,513,566Indemnity paid
- $85,460,294Liability insured
- 241,680Quantity planted
- 240,783Quantity lost
- 2,884Policies
- 2,884Policies with a loss
- 3.29Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mitchell County
- Drought $21,495,859 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $13,998,676 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $910,969 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $846,263 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $586,214 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $430,825 indemnity · 4 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.62Low end of the filed band
- 2.34Middle of the filed band
- 4.53High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.61)
- 10Years filed
- $10,475,379Premium filed
- $34,987,283Indemnity paid
- $82,678,765Liability insured
- 330,197Quantity planted
- 330,606Quantity lost
- 3,451Policies
- 3,449Policies with a loss
- 3.34Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mitchell County
- Drought $20,859,426 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Winter $8,193,577 indemnity · 10 years
- Freeze $1,519,758 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $1,299,054 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $947,408 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $886,160 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.18Low end of the filed band
- 1.64Middle of the filed band
- 2.59High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.41)
- 10Years filed
- $8,332,127Premium filed
- $21,084,021Indemnity paid
- $40,752,230Liability insured
- 105,636Quantity planted
- 105,351Quantity lost
- 1,166Policies
- 1,166Policies with a loss
- 2.53Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mitchell County
- Drought $13,105,855 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $6,761,997 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $454,895 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $329,647 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $145,435 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $142,598 indemnity · 5 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.99Low end of the filed band
- 1.93Middle of the filed band
- 2.56High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.18)
- 10Years filed
- $6,253,091Premium filed
- $17,233,150Indemnity paid
- $43,478,609Liability insured
- 125,030Quantity planted
- 124,530Quantity lost
- 2,025Policies
- 2,023Policies with a loss
- 2.76Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mitchell County
- Drought $9,614,812 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $5,915,556 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $484,130 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $438,099 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $364,336 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $163,495 indemnity · 7 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 1.38Low end of the filed band
- 1.84Middle of the filed band
- 2.60High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.73)
- 10Years filed
- $979,351Premium filed
- $2,006,985Indemnity paid
- $5,592,696Liability insured
- 71,379Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 400Policies
- 400Policies with a loss
- 2.05Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Mitchell County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,006,985 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.