Crop-loss band · Kentucky
Barren County, Kentucky — crop-loss band
- 1.71Low end of the filed band
- 3.74Middle of the filed band
- 7.98High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (8.17)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Barren 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 1.71 at the low end to 7.98 at the high end, with 3.74 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2015, at 8.17. 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 | $789,682 | $6,450,522 | $9,979,159 | 145 | 144 | 8.17 |
| 2016 | $1,290,494 | $10,291,644 | $14,763,115 | 190 | 189 | 7.98 |
| 2017 | $1,854,783 | $11,099,917 | $16,958,266 | 269 | 266 | 5.98 |
| 2018 | $1,973,155 | $10,099,367 | $14,955,599 | 217 | 217 | 5.12 |
| 2019 | $2,716,007 | $11,119,475 | $15,905,639 | 196 | 196 | 4.09 |
| 2020 | $3,473,087 | $13,002,024 | $16,883,947 | 190 | 189 | 3.74 |
| 2021 | $5,471,424 | $14,350,631 | $23,686,169 | 290 | 289 | 2.62 |
| 2022 | $6,633,358 | $15,395,129 | $26,632,952 | 353 | 353 | 2.32 |
| 2023 | $2,925,963 | $5,000,405 | $12,971,836 | 112 | 112 | 1.71 |
| 2024 | $3,097,556 | $6,204,414 | $17,504,121 | 191 | 191 | 2.00 |
Commodities insured in Barren County
3 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.
Burley Tobacco 10 years filed
- 1.77Low end of the filed band
- 3.79Middle of the filed band
- 8.62High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (10.48)
- 10Years filed
- $25,564,028Premium filed
- $93,617,035Indemnity paid
- $126,325,767Liability insured
- 42,678Quantity planted
- 42,993Quantity lost
- 1,567Policies
- 1,560Policies with a loss
- 3.66Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barren County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $54,389,488 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $13,759,744 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $9,707,748 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $6,070,392 indemnity · 9 years
- Flood $5,864,846 indemnity · 5 years
- Plant Disease $1,577,707 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.99Low end of the filed band
- 2.52Middle of the filed band
- 2.86High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.58)
- 10Years filed
- $2,275,851Premium filed
- $4,725,703Indemnity paid
- $19,608,030Liability insured
- 28,507Quantity planted
- 22,530Quantity lost
- 242Policies
- 242Policies with a loss
- 2.08Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barren County
- Drought $2,035,109 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,224,495 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $436,718 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $400,744 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $288,221 indemnity · 5 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $133,097 indemnity · 4 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.01Low end of the filed band
- 1.96Middle of the filed band
- 2.68High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.99)
- 10Years filed
- $2,385,629Premium filed
- $4,670,790Indemnity paid
- $24,307,005Liability insured
- 54,020Quantity planted
- 42,444Quantity lost
- 344Policies
- 344Policies with a loss
- 1.96Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Barren County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,107,923 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $1,951,793 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $227,931 indemnity · 7 years
- Flood $146,574 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $102,657 indemnity · 5 years
- Wildlife $73,347 indemnity · 5 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kentucky → Buy the Barren 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.