Crop-loss band · Louisiana
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana — crop-loss band
- 1.42Low end of the filed band
- 2.06Middle of the filed band
- 3.07High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.18)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Catahoula Parish 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 1.42 at the low end to 3.07 at the high end, with 2.06 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 3.18. 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 | $2,720,252 | $5,778,211 | $16,272,491 | 246 | 246 | 2.12 |
| 2016 | $1,849,794 | $5,679,463 | $12,078,537 | 145 | 145 | 3.07 |
| 2017 | $2,158,244 | $3,055,843 | $11,002,908 | 99 | 99 | 1.42 |
| 2018 | $2,227,885 | $6,223,655 | $17,182,166 | 167 | 167 | 2.79 |
| 2019 | $3,618,557 | $11,490,893 | $21,945,276 | 249 | 249 | 3.18 |
| 2020 | $2,708,280 | $6,676,703 | $18,246,442 | 183 | 183 | 2.47 |
| 2021 | $3,185,787 | $5,218,012 | $20,929,486 | 173 | 172 | 1.64 |
| 2022 | $4,635,652 | $9,081,001 | $31,808,927 | 212 | 212 | 1.96 |
| 2023 | $4,252,872 | $8,768,232 | $25,534,813 | 181 | 181 | 2.06 |
| 2024 | $3,878,791 | $6,550,421 | $27,773,569 | 220 | 220 | 1.69 |
Commodities insured in Catahoula Parish
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
- 0.32Low end of the filed band
- 1.89Middle of the filed band
- 2.88High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.17)
- 10Years filed
- $15,248,739Premium filed
- $30,535,756Indemnity paid
- $104,598,454Liability insured
- 324,670Quantity planted
- 273,130Quantity lost
- 1,033Policies
- 1,033Policies with a loss
- 2.00Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Catahoula Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $18,565,558 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $4,900,296 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $4,539,179 indemnity · 7 years
- Flood $2,031,729 indemnity · 4 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $161,987 indemnity · 1 years
- Failure of Irrigation Equipment $95,400 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.51Low end of the filed band
- 2.31Middle of the filed band
- 3.31High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (4.59)
- 10Years filed
- $8,765,328Premium filed
- $22,082,436Indemnity paid
- $47,468,467Liability insured
- 85,604Quantity planted
- 146,963Quantity lost
- 387Policies
- 387Policies with a loss
- 2.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Catahoula Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $11,004,340 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $5,849,571 indemnity · 8 years
- Flood $3,995,386 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $773,025 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $327,256 indemnity · 4 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $50,640 indemnity · 3 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.91Low end of the filed band
- 1.91Middle of the filed band
- 3.93High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.80)
- 10Years filed
- $5,944,607Premium filed
- $13,853,872Indemnity paid
- $44,485,158Liability insured
- 104,963Quantity planted
- 95,080Quantity lost
- 318Policies
- 318Policies with a loss
- 2.33Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Catahoula Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $11,100,879 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $771,995 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $551,808 indemnity · 4 years
- Flood $531,707 indemnity · 4 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $345,489 indemnity · 2 years
- Wildlife $182,417 indemnity · 4 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.48Low end of the filed band
- 2.36Middle of the filed band
- 3.01High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.29)
- 10Years filed
- $494,091Premium filed
- $1,185,539Indemnity paid
- $2,164,151Liability insured
- 18,093Quantity planted
- 18,103Quantity lost
- 77Policies
- 76Policies with a loss
- 2.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Catahoula Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $898,689 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $208,946 indemnity · 3 years
- Flood $54,531 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $13,788 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $9,585 indemnity · 1 years
Grain Sorghum 9 years filed
- 0.12Low end of the filed band
- 1.81Middle of the filed band
- 3.88High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.88)
- 9Years filed
- $783,349Premium filed
- $864,831Indemnity paid
- $4,058,385Liability insured
- 16,557Quantity planted
- 16,131Quantity lost
- 60Policies
- 60Policies with a loss
- 1.10Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Catahoula Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $766,721 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $29,289 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $23,253 indemnity · 4 years
- Earthquake $19,548 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $9,420 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $7,236 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Louisiana → Buy the Catahoula Parish 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.