Crop-loss band · Kansas
Rooks County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.23Low end of the filed band
- 1.68Middle of the filed band
- 2.35High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.83)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Rooks 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 1.23 at the low end to 2.35 at the high end, with 1.68 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 2.83. 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 | $3,281,618 | $6,322,678 | $16,008,787 | 973 | 972 | 1.93 |
| 2016 | $136,670 | $206,192 | $544,555 | 60 | 60 | 1.51 |
| 2017 | $1,197,391 | $1,659,312 | $4,861,859 | 376 | 375 | 1.39 |
| 2018 | $879,660 | $1,991,813 | $4,920,983 | 335 | 334 | 2.26 |
| 2019 | $909,781 | $1,369,525 | $3,879,571 | 219 | 218 | 1.51 |
| 2020 | $592,230 | $727,533 | $2,831,259 | 181 | 181 | 1.23 |
| 2021 | $1,457,638 | $2,449,106 | $6,215,259 | 219 | 218 | 1.68 |
| 2022 | $7,537,585 | $17,732,322 | $32,079,883 | 983 | 983 | 2.35 |
| 2023 | $10,368,160 | $29,363,140 | $48,634,370 | 1,537 | 1,537 | 2.83 |
| 2024 | $5,970,117 | $11,197,600 | $28,134,674 | 1,106 | 1,106 | 1.88 |
Commodities insured in Rooks 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.
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 1.77Middle of the filed band
- 2.45High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.95)
- 10Years filed
- $8,479,035Premium filed
- $19,565,885Indemnity paid
- $43,435,052Liability insured
- 152,067Quantity planted
- 153,103Quantity lost
- 1,579Policies
- 1,576Policies with a loss
- 2.31Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rooks County
- Drought $15,187,752 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,078,946 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $899,298 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $467,816 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $303,403 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $285,230 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.39Low end of the filed band
- 1.94Middle of the filed band
- 2.85High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.97)
- 10Years filed
- $7,864,395Premium filed
- $18,858,488Indemnity paid
- $41,820,130Liability insured
- 215,290Quantity planted
- 215,502Quantity lost
- 2,121Policies
- 2,120Policies with a loss
- 2.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rooks County
- Drought $14,844,792 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,341,413 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Winter $804,683 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $469,066 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $408,611 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $300,458 indemnity · 5 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.34Low end of the filed band
- 1.55Middle of the filed band
- 2.38High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.58)
- 10Years filed
- $6,963,435Premium filed
- $15,710,447Indemnity paid
- $28,118,955Liability insured
- 84,230Quantity planted
- 84,442Quantity lost
- 727Policies
- 726Policies with a loss
- 2.26Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rooks County
- Drought $12,259,711 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,439,117 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $706,592 indemnity · 3 years
- Hot Wind $591,418 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $290,300 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $234,138 indemnity · 3 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.50Low end of the filed band
- 1.02Middle of the filed band
- 2.38High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.76)
- 10Years filed
- $7,227,193Premium filed
- $15,440,041Indemnity paid
- $25,142,324Liability insured
- 92,439Quantity planted
- 92,650Quantity lost
- 942Policies
- 942Policies with a loss
- 2.14Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rooks County
- Drought $12,736,460 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $1,411,129 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $408,840 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $367,379 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $209,912 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $142,757 indemnity · 4 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.55Low end of the filed band
- 1.79Middle of the filed band
- 1.94High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.53)
- 10Years filed
- $1,796,792Premium filed
- $3,444,360Indemnity paid
- $9,594,739Liability insured
- 147,116Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 620Policies
- 620Policies with a loss
- 1.92Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rooks County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,444,360 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.