Crop-loss band · Louisiana
West Carroll Parish, Louisiana — crop-loss band
- 1.94Low end of the filed band
- 2.95Middle of the filed band
- 3.58High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.79)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for West Carroll 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 1.94 at the low end to 3.58 at the high end, with 2.95 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2016, at 3.79. 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 | $838,383 | $2,728,197 | $6,275,385 | 207 | 207 | 3.25 |
| 2016 | $1,365,927 | $5,181,121 | $13,800,651 | 322 | 319 | 3.79 |
| 2017 | $513,632 | $1,122,611 | $2,999,214 | 77 | 76 | 2.19 |
| 2018 | $888,035 | $2,798,880 | $6,739,347 | 136 | 136 | 3.15 |
| 2019 | $1,660,028 | $4,578,869 | $13,279,700 | 244 | 243 | 2.76 |
| 2020 | $1,319,344 | $4,721,726 | $10,017,172 | 173 | 173 | 3.58 |
| 2021 | $840,614 | $1,632,467 | $6,979,022 | 89 | 89 | 1.94 |
| 2022 | $2,231,223 | $6,590,550 | $16,425,253 | 213 | 213 | 2.95 |
| 2023 | $1,503,370 | $3,159,263 | $10,448,759 | 140 | 140 | 2.10 |
| 2024 | $2,743,688 | $9,396,405 | $21,209,132 | 294 | 294 | 3.42 |
Commodities insured in West Carroll 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 2.13Low end of the filed band
- 3.19Middle of the filed band
- 5.31High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.49)
- 10Years filed
- $6,953,167Premium filed
- $24,366,297Indemnity paid
- $61,146,247Liability insured
- 151,151Quantity planted
- 143,672Quantity lost
- 850Policies
- 847Policies with a loss
- 3.50Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in West Carroll Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $21,465,537 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,721,905 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $383,999 indemnity · 6 years
- Drought $136,851 indemnity · 4 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $135,285 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $123,135 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.54Low end of the filed band
- 2.17Middle of the filed band
- 2.68High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.73)
- 10Years filed
- $4,892,084Premium filed
- $12,028,602Indemnity paid
- $36,998,275Liability insured
- 101,733Quantity planted
- 89,216Quantity lost
- 776Policies
- 774Policies with a loss
- 2.46Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in West Carroll Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $8,126,328 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,869,304 indemnity · 6 years
- Drought $640,499 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $147,264 indemnity · 5 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $134,146 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/PACE Crops Only $40,740 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 9 years filed
- 0.44Low end of the filed band
- 1.99Middle of the filed band
- 3.75High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.75)
- 9Years filed
- $835,952Premium filed
- $2,075,299Indemnity paid
- $3,383,892Liability insured
- 5,434Quantity planted
- 11,088Quantity lost
- 59Policies
- 59Policies with a loss
- 2.48Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in West Carroll Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,086,353 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $843,899 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $43,380 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $39,044 indemnity · 1 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $35,310 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $16,745 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.45Low end of the filed band
- 2.25Middle of the filed band
- 2.56High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.64)
- 10Years filed
- $907,436Premium filed
- $1,996,441Indemnity paid
- $3,956,386Liability insured
- 30,876Quantity planted
- 30,753Quantity lost
- 196Policies
- 196Policies with a loss
- 2.20Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in West Carroll Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,578,443 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $387,770 indemnity · 4 years
- Flood $8,898 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $8,230 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $5,793 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $3,542 indemnity · 1 years
Sweet Potatoes 5 years filed
- 3.24Low end of the filed band
- 6.01Middle of the filed band
- 17.09High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (17.09)
- 5Years filed
- $315,605Premium filed
- $1,443,450Indemnity paid
- $2,688,835Liability insured
- 1,048Quantity planted
- 1,048Quantity lost
- 14Policies
- 14Policies with a loss
- 4.57Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in West Carroll Parish
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,200,371 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $243,079 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Louisiana → Buy the West Carroll 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.