Crop-loss band · Nebraska
Butler County, Nebraska — crop-loss band
- 1.20Low end of the filed band
- 2.05Middle of the filed band
- 3.13High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.95)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Butler 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 1.20 at the low end to 3.13 at the high end, with 2.05 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 4.95. 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 | $496,644 | $1,018,184 | $6,440,466 | 210 | 209 | 2.05 |
| 2016 | $604,350 | $726,744 | $8,704,314 | 261 | 259 | 1.20 |
| 2017 | $590,511 | $915,057 | $8,610,205 | 278 | 278 | 1.55 |
| 2018 | $544,684 | $1,243,779 | $8,514,546 | 324 | 323 | 2.28 |
| 2019 | $508,872 | $2,519,538 | $8,575,733 | 329 | 328 | 4.95 |
| 2020 | $403,068 | $1,041,042 | $6,370,632 | 276 | 276 | 2.58 |
| 2021 | $186,495 | $259,132 | $2,567,622 | 84 | 84 | 1.39 |
| 2022 | $7,031,576 | $17,765,337 | $76,103,053 | 1,440 | 1,440 | 2.53 |
| 2023 | $9,661,938 | $30,288,029 | $124,208,888 | 2,008 | 2,008 | 3.13 |
| 2024 | $2,678,074 | $4,907,070 | $39,325,121 | 624 | 624 | 1.83 |
Commodities insured in Butler County
3 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
- 0.91Low end of the filed band
- 2.05Middle of the filed band
- 2.91High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (5.45)
- 10Years filed
- $13,218,296Premium filed
- $30,727,685Indemnity paid
- $159,402,950Liability insured
- 170,109Quantity planted
- 181,343Quantity lost
- 2,556Policies
- 2,553Policies with a loss
- 2.32Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- Drought $15,496,906 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $5,271,292 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,376,294 indemnity · 10 years
- Decline in Price $1,905,342 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,727,122 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,206,978 indemnity · 5 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.11Low end of the filed band
- 2.07Middle of the filed band
- 4.09High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.20)
- 10Years filed
- $9,231,258Premium filed
- $29,345,261Indemnity paid
- $128,474,970Liability insured
- 198,205Quantity planted
- 207,530Quantity lost
- 2,890Policies
- 2,888Policies with a loss
- 3.18Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- Drought $17,882,639 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $3,730,915 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,268,278 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,065,601 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $1,044,672 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $1,040,322 indemnity · 9 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.69Low end of the filed band
- 1.60Middle of the filed band
- 2.75High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.60)
- 10Years filed
- $256,657Premium filed
- $610,966Indemnity paid
- $1,542,660Liability insured
- 17,878Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 388Policies
- 388Policies with a loss
- 2.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Butler County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $610,966 indemnity · 10 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.