Crop-loss band · Nebraska
Dawes County, Nebraska — crop-loss band
- 1.27Low end of the filed band
- 2.58Middle of the filed band
- 2.78High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.85)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Dawes 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 1.27 at the low end to 2.78 at the high end, with 2.58 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 2.85. 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 | $420,396 | $1,083,030 | $2,329,279 | 185 | 185 | 2.58 |
| 2016 | $530,077 | $1,452,767 | $2,815,818 | 208 | 208 | 2.74 |
| 2017 | $405,825 | $551,693 | $2,406,775 | 211 | 209 | 1.36 |
| 2018 | $231,354 | $293,139 | $1,273,649 | 122 | 122 | 1.27 |
| 2019 | $370,268 | $1,028,262 | $2,026,854 | 113 | 113 | 2.78 |
| 2020 | $592,666 | $1,689,596 | $3,729,020 | 284 | 284 | 2.85 |
| 2021 | $1,059,991 | $2,757,982 | $5,951,161 | 371 | 371 | 2.60 |
| 2022 | $1,470,051 | $3,906,875 | $7,728,253 | 531 | 531 | 2.66 |
| 2023 | $989,632 | $2,294,221 | $4,884,933 | 281 | 281 | 2.32 |
| 2024 | $1,453,675 | $2,917,565 | $8,335,637 | 542 | 542 | 2.01 |
Commodities insured in Dawes 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.
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.99Low end of the filed band
- 1.94Middle of the filed band
- 2.88High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.38)
- 10Years filed
- $4,194,514Premium filed
- $8,788,203Indemnity paid
- $25,529,098Liability insured
- 1,117,426Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,960Policies
- 1,960Policies with a loss
- 2.10Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawes County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $8,788,203 indemnity · 10 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.92Low end of the filed band
- 2.31Middle of the filed band
- 2.82High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.86)
- 10Years filed
- $1,882,778Premium filed
- $4,744,965Indemnity paid
- $9,344,019Liability insured
- 60,124Quantity planted
- 59,819Quantity lost
- 712Policies
- 710Policies with a loss
- 2.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawes County
- Hail $1,972,111 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Winter $645,385 indemnity · 9 years
- Freeze $603,664 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $576,193 indemnity · 8 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $427,724 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Wet Weather $145,514 indemnity · 5 years
Corn 8 years filed
- 1.98Low end of the filed band
- 2.99Middle of the filed band
- 5.85High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.85)
- 8Years filed
- $1,446,643Premium filed
- $4,441,962Indemnity paid
- $6,608,263Liability insured
- 25,964Quantity planted
- 26,192Quantity lost
- 176Policies
- 176Policies with a loss
- 3.07Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawes County
- Hail $1,629,850 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $984,014 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $807,163 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $663,134 indemnity · 3 years
- Freeze $119,157 indemnity · 3 years
- Failure of Irrigation Supply $75,311 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.