Crop-loss band · Louisiana
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana — crop-loss band
- 1.86Low end of the filed band
- 2.34Middle of the filed band
- 3.46High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (5.14)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Ouachita 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 1.86 at the low end to 3.46 at the high end, with 2.34 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 5.14. 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 | $309,780 | $686,629 | $1,856,952 | 49 | 49 | 2.22 |
| 2016 | $640,069 | $1,191,820 | $3,796,937 | 76 | 74 | 1.86 |
| 2017 | $128,915 | $302,184 | $468,975 | 18 | 18 | 2.34 |
| 2018 | $158,644 | $379,227 | $1,053,360 | 30 | 30 | 2.39 |
| 2019 | $509,193 | $1,133,766 | $1,616,411 | 50 | 50 | 2.23 |
| 2020 | $258,508 | $1,327,991 | $2,098,895 | 49 | 49 | 5.14 |
| 2021 | $175,965 | $546,045 | $983,968 | 29 | 29 | 3.10 |
| 2022 | $590,378 | $2,039,812 | $4,085,805 | 57 | 57 | 3.46 |
| 2023 | $904,183 | $1,702,347 | $4,872,552 | 51 | 51 | 1.88 |
| 2024 | $677,143 | $1,724,653 | $3,276,115 | 72 | 72 | 2.55 |
Commodities insured in Ouachita Parish
4 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
- 1.76Low end of the filed band
- 2.58Middle of the filed band
- 4.02High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (4.04)
- 10Years filed
- $1,527,215Premium filed
- $4,394,113Indemnity paid
- $9,688,191Liability insured
- 33,842Quantity planted
- 33,656Quantity lost
- 230Policies
- 228Policies with a loss
- 2.88Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ouachita Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,386,912 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,153,063 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $658,395 indemnity · 7 years
- Wildlife $90,931 indemnity · 8 years
- Flood $38,214 indemnity · 2 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $36,334 indemnity · 1 years
Corn 9 years filed
- 1.17Low end of the filed band
- 3.53Middle of the filed band
- 5.48High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (5.48)
- 9Years filed
- $830,808Premium filed
- $2,572,181Indemnity paid
- $7,072,401Liability insured
- 18,784Quantity planted
- 17,250Quantity lost
- 127Policies
- 127Policies with a loss
- 3.10Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ouachita Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,163,841 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $180,422 indemnity · 3 years
- Wildlife $109,537 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $52,947 indemnity · 4 years
- Flood $36,341 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $20,184 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 9 years filed
- 1.76Low end of the filed band
- 3.82Middle of the filed band
- 16.43High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (16.43)
- 9Years filed
- $746,675Premium filed
- $2,093,376Indemnity paid
- $4,198,517Liability insured
- 5,891Quantity planted
- 11,918Quantity lost
- 57Policies
- 57Policies with a loss
- 2.80Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ouachita Parish
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $917,108 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $732,147 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $196,290 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $107,362 indemnity · 2 years
- Wildlife $77,848 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $52,809 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.23Low end of the filed band
- 1.71Middle of the filed band
- 2.44High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.39)
- 10Years filed
- $1,248,080Premium filed
- $1,974,804Indemnity paid
- $3,150,861Liability insured
- 18,877Quantity planted
- 18,877Quantity lost
- 67Policies
- 67Policies with a loss
- 1.58Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Ouachita Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,616,986 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $340,200 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $13,173 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $4,445 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Louisiana → Buy the Ouachita 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.