Crop-loss band · Kansas
Stafford County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.66Low end of the filed band
- 1.92Middle of the filed band
- 2.56High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.75)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Stafford 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 1.66 at the low end to 2.56 at the high end, with 1.92 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 2.75. 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 | $1,531,824 | $2,679,665 | $9,810,101 | 844 | 843 | 1.75 |
| 2016 | $803,772 | $1,335,722 | $5,347,819 | 545 | 545 | 1.66 |
| 2017 | $1,218,774 | $2,885,011 | $7,800,336 | 598 | 597 | 2.37 |
| 2018 | $709,860 | $1,364,260 | $4,039,680 | 369 | 369 | 1.92 |
| 2019 | $2,819,184 | $5,388,965 | $19,250,071 | 1,144 | 1,143 | 1.91 |
| 2020 | $914,895 | $1,774,799 | $5,198,638 | 356 | 356 | 1.94 |
| 2021 | $1,457,833 | $2,670,021 | $7,191,449 | 463 | 463 | 1.83 |
| 2022 | $6,658,574 | $18,333,558 | $37,961,719 | 1,491 | 1,491 | 2.75 |
| 2023 | $9,343,177 | $23,939,512 | $55,786,185 | 1,616 | 1,616 | 2.56 |
| 2024 | $5,445,163 | $13,512,764 | $32,617,739 | 1,224 | 1,224 | 2.48 |
Commodities insured in Stafford County
7 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
- 1.49Low end of the filed band
- 2.03Middle of the filed band
- 2.85High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.00)
- 10Years filed
- $11,518,983Premium filed
- $30,366,037Indemnity paid
- $74,573,833Liability insured
- 343,862Quantity planted
- 344,959Quantity lost
- 3,390Policies
- 3,388Policies with a loss
- 2.64Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stafford County
- Drought $23,585,546 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,471,598 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,101,894 indemnity · 9 years
- Freeze $709,786 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $701,670 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $554,686 indemnity · 9 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.60Low end of the filed band
- 1.42Middle of the filed band
- 2.93High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.28)
- 10Years filed
- $5,184,315Premium filed
- $13,235,320Indemnity paid
- $37,449,775Liability insured
- 105,373Quantity planted
- 100,181Quantity lost
- 1,568Policies
- 1,568Policies with a loss
- 2.55Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stafford County
- Drought $5,612,348 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,394,304 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $1,921,593 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,911,251 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $700,683 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $183,423 indemnity · 5 years
Annual Forage 8 years filed
- 0.68Low end of the filed band
- 1.84Middle of the filed band
- 2.52High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.52)
- 8Years filed
- $6,206,210Premium filed
- $12,088,900Indemnity paid
- $27,301,506Liability insured
- 97,271Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 499Policies
- 499Policies with a loss
- 1.95Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stafford County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $12,088,900 indemnity · 8 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.18Low end of the filed band
- 2.19Middle of the filed band
- 3.24High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (6.62)
- 10Years filed
- $2,777,023Premium filed
- $6,854,416Indemnity paid
- $18,007,165Liability insured
- 60,486Quantity planted
- 60,015Quantity lost
- 987Policies
- 986Policies with a loss
- 2.47Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stafford County
- Drought $2,913,773 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,398,921 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,323,537 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $601,656 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $244,153 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $122,014 indemnity · 5 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.31Low end of the filed band
- 1.91Middle of the filed band
- 2.69High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.76)
- 10Years filed
- $2,393,411Premium filed
- $5,641,208Indemnity paid
- $13,967,506Liability insured
- 56,153Quantity planted
- 56,200Quantity lost
- 1,068Policies
- 1,068Policies with a loss
- 2.36Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stafford County
- Drought $3,035,951 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,236,792 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $861,739 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $234,845 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $72,104 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $67,981 indemnity · 6 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.79Low end of the filed band
- 1.57Middle of the filed band
- 2.51High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.91)
- 10Years filed
- $2,488,716Premium filed
- $4,881,217Indemnity paid
- $12,002,701Liability insured
- 140,052Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,097Policies
- 1,097Policies with a loss
- 1.96Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stafford County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $4,881,217 indemnity · 10 years
Cotton 6 years filed
- 0.96Low end of the filed band
- 2.58Middle of the filed band
- 4.14High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.14)
- 6Years filed
- $334,398Premium filed
- $817,179Indemnity paid
- $1,701,251Liability insured
- 3,958Quantity planted
- 4,485Quantity lost
- 41Policies
- 41Policies with a loss
- 2.44Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stafford County
- Drought $210,054 indemnity · 3 years
- Freeze $170,258 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $157,045 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $107,952 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $64,179 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $35,032 indemnity · 2 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Stafford 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.