Crop-loss band · Mississippi
Sunflower County, Mississippi — crop-loss band
- 2.02Low end of the filed band
- 2.54Middle of the filed band
- 3.16High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.29)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Sunflower 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 2.02 at the low end to 3.16 at the high end, with 2.54 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 3.29. 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 | $4,432,859 | $13,986,170 | $33,597,287 | 304 | 300 | 3.16 |
| 2016 | $4,682,982 | $14,805,796 | $36,141,481 | 368 | 360 | 3.16 |
| 2017 | $3,826,327 | $7,721,049 | $27,802,864 | 184 | 178 | 2.02 |
| 2018 | $3,036,451 | $7,558,363 | $24,854,708 | 192 | 191 | 2.49 |
| 2019 | $6,073,656 | $15,417,363 | $59,931,137 | 407 | 404 | 2.54 |
| 2020 | $3,947,387 | $11,710,139 | $31,509,033 | 286 | 283 | 2.97 |
| 2021 | $5,246,181 | $15,564,211 | $53,371,009 | 274 | 274 | 2.97 |
| 2022 | $5,879,084 | $13,822,276 | $47,823,358 | 210 | 210 | 2.35 |
| 2023 | $4,839,609 | $11,436,587 | $44,531,023 | 200 | 200 | 2.36 |
| 2024 | $5,011,919 | $16,504,156 | $43,391,177 | 254 | 254 | 3.29 |
Commodities insured in Sunflower County
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.
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.37Low end of the filed band
- 2.12Middle of the filed band
- 2.59High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.52)
- 10Years filed
- $26,986,170Premium filed
- $59,708,085Indemnity paid
- $256,972,157Liability insured
- 656,116Quantity planted
- 519,632Quantity lost
- 1,437Policies
- 1,419Policies with a loss
- 2.21Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sunflower County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $28,343,609 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $18,870,903 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $9,107,602 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $1,237,550 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $1,235,825 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $390,645 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 2.52Low end of the filed band
- 3.38Middle of the filed band
- 3.87High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.39)
- 10Years filed
- $14,060,438Premium filed
- $46,763,910Indemnity paid
- $99,360,162Liability insured
- 257,533Quantity planted
- 253,932Quantity lost
- 689Policies
- 688Policies with a loss
- 3.33Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sunflower County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $37,694,423 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $4,478,105 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $2,539,377 indemnity · 4 years
- Flood $576,170 indemnity · 2 years
- Mycotoxin $537,490 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $310,059 indemnity · 2 years
Rice 10 years filed
- 2.08Low end of the filed band
- 4.36Middle of the filed band
- 7.41High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (8.98)
- 10Years filed
- $2,417,074Premium filed
- $11,545,805Indemnity paid
- $27,776,242Liability insured
- 44,487Quantity planted
- 40,604Quantity lost
- 326Policies
- 320Policies with a loss
- 4.78Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sunflower County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $7,145,628 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $2,022,164 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,507,530 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $523,319 indemnity · 4 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $195,930 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $102,366 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 9 years filed
- 1.97Low end of the filed band
- 2.39Middle of the filed band
- 3.20High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.20)
- 9Years filed
- $1,816,491Premium filed
- $5,461,176Indemnity paid
- $9,547,039Liability insured
- 67,245Quantity planted
- 67,265Quantity lost
- 175Policies
- 175Policies with a loss
- 3.01Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sunflower County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,685,420 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $570,583 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $145,565 indemnity · 2 years
- Wildlife $17,404 indemnity · 1 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $16,177 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $14,406 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 9 years filed
- 1.15Low end of the filed band
- 2.68Middle of the filed band
- 6.63High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (6.63)
- 9Years filed
- $1,696,282Premium filed
- $5,047,134Indemnity paid
- $9,297,475Liability insured
- 16,228Quantity planted
- 24,659Quantity lost
- 52Policies
- 52Policies with a loss
- 2.98Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sunflower County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,784,259 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $661,395 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $251,242 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $196,827 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $153,411 indemnity · 2 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.