Crop-loss band · Minnesota
Kittson County, Minnesota — crop-loss band
- 1.65Low end of the filed band
- 1.99Middle of the filed band
- 2.86High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.50)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Kittson 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 1.65 at the low end to 2.86 at the high end, with 1.99 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 3.50. 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 | $2,215,914 | $3,998,554 | $13,703,553 | 314 | 314 | 1.80 |
| 2016 | $2,936,761 | $8,404,131 | $21,753,305 | 480 | 480 | 2.86 |
| 2017 | $1,413,607 | $2,729,428 | $7,888,675 | 178 | 178 | 1.93 |
| 2018 | $2,397,892 | $3,962,232 | $18,628,686 | 269 | 268 | 1.65 |
| 2019 | $2,357,621 | $8,261,321 | $18,667,125 | 618 | 618 | 3.50 |
| 2020 | $5,171,053 | $13,679,357 | $37,655,825 | 645 | 645 | 2.65 |
| 2021 | $6,372,197 | $10,762,746 | $41,079,005 | 430 | 430 | 1.69 |
| 2022 | $1,620,217 | $4,292,894 | $7,254,080 | 284 | 284 | 2.65 |
| 2023 | $1,437,969 | $2,867,172 | $9,262,868 | 109 | 109 | 1.99 |
| 2024 | $868,400 | $1,894,502 | $4,691,927 | 108 | 108 | 2.18 |
Commodities insured in Kittson County
8 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
- 1.32Low end of the filed band
- 1.93Middle of the filed band
- 2.74High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.84)
- 10Years filed
- $13,521,304Premium filed
- $24,249,153Indemnity paid
- $84,486,833Liability insured
- 329,425Quantity planted
- 328,596Quantity lost
- 1,410Policies
- 1,409Policies with a loss
- 1.79Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kittson County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $10,453,640 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $10,224,992 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $1,272,167 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $574,887 indemnity · 6 years
- Flood $539,877 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $515,099 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.84Low end of the filed band
- 2.56Middle of the filed band
- 3.75High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.77)
- 10Years filed
- $6,189,579Premium filed
- $15,504,776Indemnity paid
- $45,453,321Liability insured
- 167,404Quantity planted
- 167,409Quantity lost
- 704Policies
- 704Policies with a loss
- 2.51Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kittson County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $8,816,189 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $4,894,653 indemnity · 6 years
- Plant Disease $640,515 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $461,634 indemnity · 4 years
- Flood $226,920 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $178,161 indemnity · 6 years
Sugar Beets 9 years filed
- 0.76Low end of the filed band
- 3.02Middle of the filed band
- 10.01High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (10.01)
- 9Years filed
- $2,213,222Premium filed
- $11,899,259Indemnity paid
- $26,672,468Liability insured
- 29,730Quantity planted
- 28,238Quantity lost
- 746Policies
- 746Policies with a loss
- 5.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kittson County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $7,053,899 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $1,007,928 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $937,141 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $885,906 indemnity · 3 years
- Plant Disease $867,432 indemnity · 3 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $673,114 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.43Low end of the filed band
- 1.94Middle of the filed band
- 2.27High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (2.70)
- 10Years filed
- $2,022,880Premium filed
- $3,904,713Indemnity paid
- $8,186,640Liability insured
- 24,684Quantity planted
- 24,823Quantity lost
- 222Policies
- 222Policies with a loss
- 1.93Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kittson County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,927,925 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $1,605,124 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $167,989 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $136,823 indemnity · 4 years
- Freeze $15,605 indemnity · 2 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $14,278 indemnity · 2 years
Canola 9 years filed
- 0.14Low end of the filed band
- 1.61Middle of the filed band
- 2.51High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.51)
- 9Years filed
- $1,489,302Premium filed
- $2,786,872Indemnity paid
- $8,086,532Liability insured
- 31,759Quantity planted
- 29,191Quantity lost
- 197Policies
- 197Policies with a loss
- 1.87Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kittson County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,896,142 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $654,989 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $75,002 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $65,290 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $39,105 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $28,305 indemnity · 3 years
Sunflowers 10 years filed
- 0.92Low end of the filed band
- 1.58Middle of the filed band
- 2.11High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.65)
- 10Years filed
- $844,018Premium filed
- $1,403,566Indemnity paid
- $3,460,624Liability insured
- 15,087Quantity planted
- 14,166Quantity lost
- 105Policies
- 105Policies with a loss
- 1.66Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kittson County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $844,236 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $264,693 indemnity · 4 years
- Flood $121,185 indemnity · 2 years
- Insects $97,809 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $60,786 indemnity · 5 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $7,563 indemnity · 1 years
Grass Seed 5 years filed
- 0.97Low end of the filed band
- 2.70Middle of the filed band
- 5.18High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (5.18)
- 5Years filed
- $256,458Premium filed
- $716,480Indemnity paid
- $2,726,581Liability insured
- 5,157Quantity planted
- 5,157Quantity lost
- 22Policies
- 22Policies with a loss
- 2.79Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kittson County
- Drought $509,655 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $206,825 indemnity · 2 years
Apiculture 6 years filed
- 0.35Low end of the filed band
- 1.46Middle of the filed band
- 2.36High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.36)
- 6Years filed
- $254,867Premium filed
- $387,518Indemnity paid
- $1,512,050Liability insured
- 8,432Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 29Policies
- 29Policies with a loss
- 1.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kittson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $387,518 indemnity · 6 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Minnesota → Buy the Kittson 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.