Crop-loss band · Nebraska
Box Butte County, Nebraska — crop-loss band
- 2.10Low end of the filed band
- 3.16Middle of the filed band
- 4.58High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (5.49)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Box Butte 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 2.10 at the low end to 4.58 at the high end, with 3.16 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 5.49. 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 | $2,069,727 | $7,196,423 | $16,534,128 | 694 | 693 | 3.48 |
| 2016 | $1,475,438 | $3,875,676 | $10,865,479 | 485 | 483 | 2.63 |
| 2017 | $1,633,726 | $8,975,169 | $15,204,355 | 629 | 629 | 5.49 |
| 2018 | $525,153 | $2,149,686 | $5,101,588 | 178 | 178 | 4.09 |
| 2019 | $1,960,737 | $8,973,384 | $17,815,746 | 555 | 555 | 4.58 |
| 2020 | $1,543,730 | $3,422,267 | $10,227,900 | 323 | 323 | 2.22 |
| 2021 | $3,506,936 | $11,082,208 | $20,996,034 | 591 | 590 | 3.16 |
| 2022 | $4,279,571 | $17,620,183 | $30,791,455 | 978 | 978 | 4.12 |
| 2023 | $2,625,408 | $5,843,208 | $21,716,147 | 422 | 422 | 2.23 |
| 2024 | $3,332,165 | $7,011,948 | $22,689,919 | 593 | 593 | 2.10 |
Commodities insured in Box Butte County
7 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.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.99Low end of the filed band
- 2.59Middle of the filed band
- 3.52High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.52)
- 10Years filed
- $7,589,598Premium filed
- $23,786,194Indemnity paid
- $52,674,580Liability insured
- 250,171Quantity planted
- 250,749Quantity lost
- 2,451Policies
- 2,447Policies with a loss
- 3.13Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Box Butte County
- Hail $14,320,826 indemnity · 10 years
- Freeze $2,424,863 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,937,994 indemnity · 9 years
- Cold Winter $1,716,171 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $1,357,805 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $600,570 indemnity · 8 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.23Low end of the filed band
- 2.82Middle of the filed band
- 5.24High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (5.37)
- 10Years filed
- $8,629,236Premium filed
- $21,645,245Indemnity paid
- $60,676,414Liability insured
- 158,919Quantity planted
- 161,032Quantity lost
- 1,091Policies
- 1,091Policies with a loss
- 2.51Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Box Butte County
- Hail $14,728,378 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $3,778,916 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,407,464 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $420,764 indemnity · 5 years
- Freeze $393,209 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $313,981 indemnity · 6 years
Dry Beans 10 years filed
- 2.75Low end of the filed band
- 4.15Middle of the filed band
- 6.49High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (7.72)
- 10Years filed
- $3,744,457Premium filed
- $19,215,556Indemnity paid
- $30,707,468Liability insured
- 65,694Quantity planted
- 66,393Quantity lost
- 764Policies
- 764Policies with a loss
- 5.13Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Box Butte County
- Hail $17,721,611 indemnity · 10 years
- Freeze $535,868 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $484,859 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $236,706 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $101,946 indemnity · 4 years
- Failure of Irrigation Equipment $41,091 indemnity · 1 years
Sugar Beets 10 years filed
- 1.48Low end of the filed band
- 5.93Middle of the filed band
- 7.62High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (13.25)
- 10Years filed
- $738,220Premium filed
- $6,331,569Indemnity paid
- $15,685,389Liability insured
- 15,962Quantity planted
- 16,543Quantity lost
- 194Policies
- 194Policies with a loss
- 8.58Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Box Butte County
- Freeze $3,364,466 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $1,715,944 indemnity · 8 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $599,232 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $311,971 indemnity · 6 years
- Frost $150,123 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $134,078 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 1.55Low end of the filed band
- 2.06Middle of the filed band
- 3.07High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.07)
- 9Years filed
- $1,262,140Premium filed
- $2,796,105Indemnity paid
- $7,292,716Liability insured
- 350,920Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 626Policies
- 626Policies with a loss
- 2.22Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Box Butte County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,796,105 indemnity · 9 years
Sunflowers 10 years filed
- 1.63Low end of the filed band
- 2.50Middle of the filed band
- 3.62High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (4.25)
- 10Years filed
- $634,297Premium filed
- $1,317,998Indemnity paid
- $3,403,524Liability insured
- 17,069Quantity planted
- 17,387Quantity lost
- 152Policies
- 152Policies with a loss
- 2.08Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Box Butte County
- Drought $592,666 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $480,668 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $150,910 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $60,093 indemnity · 2 years
- Insects $27,323 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $6,338 indemnity · 2 years
Dry Peas 10 years filed
- 1.10Low end of the filed band
- 2.97Middle of the filed band
- 3.56High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.87)
- 10Years filed
- $354,643Premium filed
- $1,057,485Indemnity paid
- $1,502,660Liability insured
- 15,123Quantity planted
- 15,221Quantity lost
- 170Policies
- 170Policies with a loss
- 2.98Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Box Butte County
- Hail $763,031 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $126,870 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $85,640 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $56,957 indemnity · 4 years
- Freeze $16,637 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $4,878 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.