Crop-loss band · Kansas
Stevens County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.33Low end of the filed band
- 2.20Middle of the filed band
- 2.86High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (5.53)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Stevens 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 1.33 at the low end to 2.86 at the high end, with 2.20 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 5.53. 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 | $2,414,130 | $3,977,043 | $9,496,460 | 614 | 614 | 1.65 |
| 2016 | $751,038 | $1,384,810 | $5,893,153 | 215 | 208 | 1.84 |
| 2017 | $3,588,036 | $19,824,202 | $53,998,397 | 588 | 588 | 5.53 |
| 2018 | $1,287,706 | $2,092,581 | $5,753,201 | 334 | 333 | 1.63 |
| 2019 | $1,218,342 | $3,145,570 | $7,267,191 | 269 | 269 | 2.58 |
| 2020 | $2,367,348 | $5,249,090 | $13,093,294 | 560 | 560 | 2.22 |
| 2021 | $1,569,655 | $3,745,787 | $8,366,026 | 416 | 416 | 2.39 |
| 2022 | $9,227,073 | $26,395,855 | $56,591,729 | 1,329 | 1,329 | 2.86 |
| 2023 | $11,605,863 | $25,495,524 | $73,944,500 | 1,192 | 1,192 | 2.20 |
| 2024 | $4,291,232 | $5,703,929 | $23,117,075 | 675 | 675 | 1.33 |
Commodities insured in Stevens 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.43Low end of the filed band
- 2.33Middle of the filed band
- 3.85High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (6.70)
- 10Years filed
- $14,271,675Premium filed
- $49,145,403Indemnity paid
- $167,734,418Liability insured
- 282,232Quantity planted
- 283,111Quantity lost
- 1,644Policies
- 1,644Policies with a loss
- 3.44Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stevens County
- Mycotoxin $19,141,862 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $9,120,555 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $8,495,204 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $4,105,884 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $2,903,948 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $2,229,588 indemnity · 10 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.65Low end of the filed band
- 1.14Middle of the filed band
- 2.48High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.84)
- 10Years filed
- $11,172,873Premium filed
- $22,906,016Indemnity paid
- $36,226,795Liability insured
- 208,218Quantity planted
- 208,291Quantity lost
- 2,172Policies
- 2,171Policies with a loss
- 2.05Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stevens County
- Drought $14,312,504 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $3,492,252 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,456,042 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,204,798 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $867,266 indemnity · 6 years
- Hot Wind $717,757 indemnity · 9 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.90Low end of the filed band
- 1.43Middle of the filed band
- 1.79High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.57)
- 10Years filed
- $7,157,214Premium filed
- $13,443,190Indemnity paid
- $25,656,249Liability insured
- 124,960Quantity planted
- 126,252Quantity lost
- 1,360Policies
- 1,353Policies with a loss
- 1.88Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stevens County
- Drought $6,066,498 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,813,536 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $1,909,120 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $775,769 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $283,049 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $259,975 indemnity · 8 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.94Low end of the filed band
- 1.99Middle of the filed band
- 3.96High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.99)
- 10Years filed
- $3,499,811Premium filed
- $7,883,607Indemnity paid
- $15,006,504Liability insured
- 35,614Quantity planted
- 37,132Quantity lost
- 270Policies
- 270Policies with a loss
- 2.25Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stevens County
- Hail $2,193,908 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,542,675 indemnity · 6 years
- Cold Wet Weather $1,515,619 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $684,220 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $677,749 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $548,118 indemnity · 6 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 8 years filed
- 0.51Low end of the filed band
- 1.71Middle of the filed band
- 2.15High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.15)
- 8Years filed
- $1,338,426Premium filed
- $2,141,866Indemnity paid
- $4,808,561Liability insured
- 108,942Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 630Policies
- 630Policies with a loss
- 1.60Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stevens County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,141,866 indemnity · 8 years
Soybeans 9 years filed
- 0.79Low end of the filed band
- 1.90Middle of the filed band
- 3.16High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.16)
- 9Years filed
- $464,070Premium filed
- $990,088Indemnity paid
- $4,816,621Liability insured
- 8,790Quantity planted
- 10,192Quantity lost
- 107Policies
- 107Policies with a loss
- 2.13Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stevens County
- Heat $367,135 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $181,001 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $169,401 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $60,069 indemnity · 5 years
- Freeze $57,119 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/PACE Crops Only $45,461 indemnity · 1 years
Potatoes 5 years filed
- 0.21Low end of the filed band
- 1.46Middle of the filed band
- 2.14High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (2.14)
- 5Years filed
- $416,354Premium filed
- $504,221Indemnity paid
- $3,271,878Liability insured
- 1,291Quantity planted
- 1,291Quantity lost
- 9Policies
- 9Policies with a loss
- 1.21Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Stevens County
- Heat $198,091 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $158,004 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $119,470 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $28,656 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Stevens 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.