Crop-loss band · Kansas
Washington County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.12Low end of the filed band
- 1.26Middle of the filed band
- 2.63High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (3.02)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Washington 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 1.12 at the low end to 2.63 at the high end, with 1.26 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2015, at 3.02. 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 | $2,011,604 | $6,068,524 | $16,879,504 | 1,248 | 1,247 | 3.02 |
| 2016 | $437,540 | $552,766 | $3,063,063 | 225 | 225 | 1.26 |
| 2017 | $2,059,110 | $2,527,732 | $15,646,813 | 615 | 615 | 1.23 |
| 2018 | $522,237 | $802,018 | $4,351,909 | 337 | 336 | 1.54 |
| 2019 | $1,418,969 | $3,596,898 | $11,672,978 | 575 | 575 | 2.53 |
| 2020 | $167,635 | $195,256 | $1,658,852 | 136 | 136 | 1.16 |
| 2021 | $364,742 | $415,397 | $2,974,536 | 143 | 143 | 1.14 |
| 2022 | $2,377,423 | $2,657,219 | $20,333,442 | 474 | 474 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | $9,846,599 | $25,857,150 | $86,415,709 | 1,716 | 1,716 | 2.63 |
| 2024 | $1,999,256 | $3,513,322 | $18,065,199 | 683 | 683 | 1.76 |
Commodities insured in Washington 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
- 0.55Low end of the filed band
- 1.24Middle of the filed band
- 2.55High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.96)
- 10Years filed
- $10,041,753Premium filed
- $20,283,944Indemnity paid
- $93,186,037Liability insured
- 228,748Quantity planted
- 220,447Quantity lost
- 2,419Policies
- 2,418Policies with a loss
- 2.02Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- Drought $13,887,302 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $2,410,215 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,946,016 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $962,120 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $545,272 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $384,498 indemnity · 8 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.45Low end of the filed band
- 1.24Middle of the filed band
- 2.42High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (3.09)
- 10Years filed
- $8,224,684Premium filed
- $17,551,446Indemnity paid
- $63,582,023Liability insured
- 121,183Quantity planted
- 120,202Quantity lost
- 1,434Policies
- 1,434Policies with a loss
- 2.13Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- Drought $12,345,368 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,417,771 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $1,333,899 indemnity · 8 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $766,065 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $671,032 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $419,376 indemnity · 2 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.68Low end of the filed band
- 2.42Middle of the filed band
- 4.59High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (4.97)
- 10Years filed
- $1,738,178Premium filed
- $5,844,609Indemnity paid
- $15,482,828Liability insured
- 72,929Quantity planted
- 73,006Quantity lost
- 1,406Policies
- 1,406Policies with a loss
- 3.36Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,006,092 indemnity · 6 years
- Drought $1,262,914 indemnity · 9 years
- Cold Winter $995,317 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $759,023 indemnity · 9 years
- Freeze $244,030 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $231,482 indemnity · 5 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.61Low end of the filed band
- 2.06Middle of the filed band
- 3.44High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.10)
- 10Years filed
- $646,465Premium filed
- $1,540,903Indemnity paid
- $5,456,812Liability insured
- 18,007Quantity planted
- 17,931Quantity lost
- 411Policies
- 410Policies with a loss
- 2.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- Drought $947,960 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $225,640 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $176,711 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $57,683 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $51,133 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $51,035 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 0.91Low end of the filed band
- 1.62Middle of the filed band
- 2.73High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.73)
- 9Years filed
- $554,035Premium filed
- $965,380Indemnity paid
- $3,354,305Liability insured
- 44,396Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 482Policies
- 482Policies with a loss
- 1.74Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $965,380 indemnity · 9 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Washington 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.