Crop-loss band · Mississippi
Yazoo County, Mississippi — crop-loss band
- 1.84Low end of the filed band
- 2.64Middle of the filed band
- 3.67High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.34)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Yazoo 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 1.84 at the low end to 3.67 at the high end, with 2.64 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 4.34. 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 | $2,139,137 | $6,549,406 | $18,333,138 | 222 | 222 | 3.06 |
| 2016 | $2,379,268 | $6,375,505 | $20,498,474 | 239 | 239 | 2.68 |
| 2017 | $1,693,607 | $3,117,431 | $11,292,811 | 160 | 159 | 1.84 |
| 2018 | $1,279,222 | $3,821,106 | $11,243,084 | 123 | 123 | 2.99 |
| 2019 | $4,720,256 | $20,483,453 | $28,977,820 | 296 | 296 | 4.34 |
| 2020 | $3,539,560 | $13,005,241 | $22,080,330 | 219 | 219 | 3.67 |
| 2021 | $1,783,052 | $3,948,051 | $14,244,090 | 130 | 130 | 2.21 |
| 2022 | $2,961,707 | $6,489,844 | $18,652,444 | 106 | 106 | 2.19 |
| 2023 | $3,069,281 | $8,115,951 | $25,988,690 | 142 | 142 | 2.64 |
| 2024 | $3,533,097 | $9,087,807 | $28,111,001 | 228 | 228 | 2.57 |
Commodities insured in Yazoo 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
- 1.68Low end of the filed band
- 2.82Middle of the filed band
- 4.53High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.34)
- 10Years filed
- $11,155,622Premium filed
- $38,127,074Indemnity paid
- $86,072,781Liability insured
- 230,458Quantity planted
- 202,231Quantity lost
- 704Policies
- 704Policies with a loss
- 3.42Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Yazoo County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $24,796,561 indemnity · 10 years
- Flood $10,238,077 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,354,413 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $636,302 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $383,226 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $245,515 indemnity · 1 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.24Low end of the filed band
- 1.77Middle of the filed band
- 3.37High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.84)
- 10Years filed
- $8,425,283Premium filed
- $21,442,635Indemnity paid
- $70,335,976Liability insured
- 200,342Quantity planted
- 169,684Quantity lost
- 736Policies
- 735Policies with a loss
- 2.55Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Yazoo County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $7,283,806 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $6,762,833 indemnity · 7 years
- Flood $3,514,467 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $2,181,369 indemnity · 8 years
- Wildlife $905,901 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $569,962 indemnity · 6 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.82Low end of the filed band
- 2.71Middle of the filed band
- 3.74High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.89)
- 10Years filed
- $6,667,963Premium filed
- $19,212,071Indemnity paid
- $39,237,122Liability insured
- 70,105Quantity planted
- 94,987Quantity lost
- 329Policies
- 329Policies with a loss
- 2.88Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Yazoo County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $7,741,180 indemnity · 10 years
- Flood $3,516,750 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $3,262,717 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $2,637,132 indemnity · 5 years
- Wildlife $918,289 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $661,898 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.10Low end of the filed band
- 2.56Middle of the filed band
- 4.14High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (6.36)
- 10Years filed
- $849,319Premium filed
- $2,212,015Indemnity paid
- $3,776,003Liability insured
- 23,461Quantity planted
- 23,461Quantity lost
- 96Policies
- 96Policies with a loss
- 2.60Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Yazoo County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,862,362 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $213,539 indemnity · 2 years
- Freeze $70,256 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $43,191 indemnity · 3 years
- Flood $20,244 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $2,424 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.