Crop-loss band · Mississippi
DeSoto County, Mississippi — crop-loss band
- 1.16Low end of the filed band
- 2.25Middle of the filed band
- 2.46High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.74)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for DeSoto 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 1.16 at the low end to 2.46 at the high end, with 2.25 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 2.74. 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 | $767,137 | $1,885,264 | $6,780,181 | 72 | 72 | 2.46 |
| 2016 | $888,914 | $2,010,143 | $7,125,218 | 75 | 75 | 2.26 |
| 2017 | $528,677 | $1,002,997 | $4,677,221 | 45 | 44 | 1.90 |
| 2018 | $719,380 | $1,301,210 | $7,270,780 | 70 | 70 | 1.81 |
| 2019 | $790,476 | $1,782,062 | $7,296,346 | 80 | 80 | 2.25 |
| 2020 | $469,052 | $1,285,908 | $3,487,022 | 57 | 57 | 2.74 |
| 2021 | $606,860 | $1,164,370 | $6,552,350 | 46 | 46 | 1.92 |
| 2022 | $1,436,816 | $3,389,213 | $10,748,653 | 75 | 75 | 2.36 |
| 2023 | $692,050 | $805,016 | $5,112,559 | 40 | 40 | 1.16 |
| 2024 | $702,146 | $1,689,082 | $7,683,193 | 54 | 54 | 2.41 |
Commodities insured in DeSoto 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.
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.61Low end of the filed band
- 1.04Middle of the filed band
- 2.66High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.74)
- 10Years filed
- $4,244,488Premium filed
- $6,923,213Indemnity paid
- $44,591,319Liability insured
- 139,903Quantity planted
- 83,275Quantity lost
- 351Policies
- 350Policies with a loss
- 1.63Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in DeSoto County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,860,426 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,875,346 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $1,011,253 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $147,839 indemnity · 3 years
- Wildlife $10,866 indemnity · 4 years
- Flood $7,131 indemnity · 2 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.39Low end of the filed band
- 2.75Middle of the filed band
- 3.52High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (4.07)
- 10Years filed
- $2,030,674Premium filed
- $5,590,138Indemnity paid
- $15,049,638Liability insured
- 49,846Quantity planted
- 48,625Quantity lost
- 156Policies
- 156Policies with a loss
- 2.75Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in DeSoto County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $5,268,444 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $171,253 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $144,381 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $6,060 indemnity · 2 years
Wheat 8 years filed
- 2.16Low end of the filed band
- 3.37Middle of the filed band
- 5.95High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (5.95)
- 8Years filed
- $665,352Premium filed
- $2,337,917Indemnity paid
- $3,673,735Liability insured
- 25,115Quantity planted
- 25,036Quantity lost
- 72Policies
- 72Policies with a loss
- 3.51Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in DeSoto County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,091,280 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $167,419 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $32,256 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $19,775 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $16,230 indemnity · 1 years
- Wildlife $10,958 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.67Low end of the filed band
- 9.31Middle of the filed band
- 15.28High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (21.05)
- 10Years filed
- $660,994Premium filed
- $1,463,997Indemnity paid
- $3,418,831Liability insured
- 4,077Quantity planted
- 11,883Quantity lost
- 35Policies
- 35Policies with a loss
- 2.21Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in DeSoto County
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $772,227 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $648,390 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $43,380 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.