Crop-loss band · Kansas
Rice County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.64Low end of the filed band
- 2.03Middle of the filed band
- 2.93High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.18)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Rice 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 1.64 at the low end to 2.93 at the high end, with 2.03 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 3.18. 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 | $2,011,307 | $4,083,142 | $15,861,712 | 1,181 | 1,180 | 2.03 |
| 2016 | $669,810 | $1,125,674 | $4,733,609 | 481 | 481 | 1.68 |
| 2017 | $1,889,443 | $3,102,571 | $11,226,954 | 667 | 667 | 1.64 |
| 2018 | $1,785,126 | $3,356,466 | $13,642,869 | 844 | 844 | 1.88 |
| 2019 | $2,870,160 | $7,672,646 | $20,763,312 | 1,289 | 1,289 | 2.67 |
| 2020 | $522,861 | $1,006,418 | $4,083,264 | 388 | 388 | 1.92 |
| 2021 | $1,038,576 | $2,460,195 | $6,805,619 | 484 | 484 | 2.37 |
| 2022 | $7,205,543 | $21,116,546 | $50,075,404 | 1,988 | 1,988 | 2.93 |
| 2023 | $10,325,562 | $32,860,252 | $71,196,011 | 2,731 | 2,731 | 3.18 |
| 2024 | $6,498,367 | $14,145,812 | $43,635,432 | 1,871 | 1,871 | 2.18 |
Commodities insured in Rice County
6 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
- 1.57Low end of the filed band
- 2.50Middle of the filed band
- 3.13High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.21)
- 10Years filed
- $13,858,768Premium filed
- $37,353,554Indemnity paid
- $108,028,261Liability insured
- 427,374Quantity planted
- 427,623Quantity lost
- 4,630Policies
- 4,630Policies with a loss
- 2.70Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rice County
- Drought $26,847,986 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,230,180 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $1,962,196 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,749,554 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,151,351 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $1,097,966 indemnity · 7 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.10Low end of the filed band
- 2.01Middle of the filed band
- 3.34High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.11)
- 10Years filed
- $8,045,085Premium filed
- $23,041,711Indemnity paid
- $53,743,818Liability insured
- 173,887Quantity planted
- 173,439Quantity lost
- 2,754Policies
- 2,753Policies with a loss
- 2.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rice County
- Drought $16,418,015 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,116,649 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,305,160 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $662,089 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $449,492 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $422,601 indemnity · 3 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.49Low end of the filed band
- 2.00Middle of the filed band
- 3.24High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.41)
- 10Years filed
- $5,557,059Premium filed
- $14,936,657Indemnity paid
- $38,030,551Liability insured
- 120,833Quantity planted
- 121,044Quantity lost
- 2,134Policies
- 2,134Policies with a loss
- 2.69Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rice County
- Drought $11,054,029 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,288,643 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,104,081 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $515,632 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $290,043 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $242,335 indemnity · 3 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.14Low end of the filed band
- 1.63Middle of the filed band
- 2.53High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (2.76)
- 10Years filed
- $6,153,908Premium filed
- $12,887,562Indemnity paid
- $35,965,902Liability insured
- 116,333Quantity planted
- 114,434Quantity lost
- 1,667Policies
- 1,667Policies with a loss
- 2.09Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rice County
- Drought $7,958,000 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,708,520 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $1,432,238 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $744,065 indemnity · 9 years
- Flood $341,964 indemnity · 4 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $210,665 indemnity · 7 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 1.13Low end of the filed band
- 1.81Middle of the filed band
- 2.40High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.60)
- 10Years filed
- $774,822Premium filed
- $1,593,288Indemnity paid
- $4,046,844Liability insured
- 61,773Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 670Policies
- 670Policies with a loss
- 2.06Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rice County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,593,288 indemnity · 10 years
Annual Forage 5 years filed
- 2.02Low end of the filed band
- 2.38Middle of the filed band
- 2.98High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.98)
- 5Years filed
- $427,112Premium filed
- $1,116,950Indemnity paid
- $2,208,809Liability insured
- 8,173Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 69Policies
- 69Policies with a loss
- 2.62Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rice County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $1,116,950 indemnity · 5 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.