Crop-loss band · Minnesota
Meeker County, Minnesota — crop-loss band
- 1.64Low end of the filed band
- 2.01Middle of the filed band
- 3.08High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.40)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Meeker 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 1.64 at the low end to 3.08 at the high end, with 2.01 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 3.40. 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 | $176,136 | $298,983 | $2,189,401 | 79 | 79 | 1.70 |
| 2016 | $502,306 | $1,546,615 | $6,750,619 | 194 | 194 | 3.08 |
| 2017 | $1,166,362 | $1,917,477 | $14,546,294 | 285 | 285 | 1.64 |
| 2018 | $1,005,566 | $2,082,479 | $12,506,296 | 202 | 202 | 2.07 |
| 2019 | $2,185,469 | $7,432,668 | $27,643,333 | 625 | 625 | 3.40 |
| 2020 | $159,165 | $319,167 | $2,029,178 | 62 | 61 | 2.01 |
| 2021 | $3,303,270 | $7,968,309 | $41,556,998 | 504 | 503 | 2.41 |
| 2022 | $2,072,675 | $4,151,188 | $23,642,900 | 329 | 329 | 2.00 |
| 2023 | $1,431,992 | $2,815,462 | $18,567,726 | 272 | 272 | 1.97 |
| 2024 | $4,989,478 | $12,348,950 | $72,433,036 | 764 | 764 | 2.48 |
Commodities insured in Meeker County
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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.70Low end of the filed band
- 2.25Middle of the filed band
- 2.65High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.68)
- 10Years filed
- $10,526,574Premium filed
- $26,223,233Indemnity paid
- $143,301,697Liability insured
- 208,475Quantity planted
- 199,587Quantity lost
- 1,650Policies
- 1,649Policies with a loss
- 2.49Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Meeker County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $12,956,751 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $9,527,210 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $880,197 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $709,430 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $707,312 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $497,708 indemnity · 4 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.36Low end of the filed band
- 2.11Middle of the filed band
- 2.57High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (2.75)
- 10Years filed
- $5,665,010Premium filed
- $12,202,457Indemnity paid
- $71,145,454Liability insured
- 164,554Quantity planted
- 162,626Quantity lost
- 1,535Policies
- 1,534Policies with a loss
- 2.15Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Meeker County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $6,686,858 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $3,201,783 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $1,042,053 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $504,759 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $338,880 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Wet Weather $153,965 indemnity · 6 years
Sugar Beets 7 years filed
- 0.27Low end of the filed band
- 3.91Middle of the filed band
- 5.30High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (5.30)
- 7Years filed
- $467,653Premium filed
- $1,902,493Indemnity paid
- $5,786,282Liability insured
- 5,496Quantity planted
- 5,300Quantity lost
- 64Policies
- 64Policies with a loss
- 4.07Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Meeker County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,776,169 indemnity · 7 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $46,519 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $33,919 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $24,620 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $21,266 indemnity · 1 years
Green Peas 10 years filed
- 0.31Low end of the filed band
- 1.68Middle of the filed band
- 4.01High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (5.27)
- 10Years filed
- $333,182Premium filed
- $553,115Indemnity paid
- $1,632,347Liability insured
- 4,184Quantity planted
- 4,184Quantity lost
- 67Policies
- 67Policies with a loss
- 1.66Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Meeker County
- Heat $297,559 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $161,917 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $84,103 indemnity · 2 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $9,536 indemnity · 1 years
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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.