Crop-loss band · Nebraska
Dawson County, Nebraska — crop-loss band
- 1.97Low end of the filed band
- 2.75Middle of the filed band
- 6.93High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (7.27)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Dawson 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 1.97 at the low end to 6.93 at the high end, with 2.75 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 7.27. 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 | $259,995 | $633,390 | $2,260,333 | 189 | 187 | 2.44 |
| 2016 | $500,934 | $1,035,144 | $7,443,188 | 142 | 141 | 2.07 |
| 2017 | $1,005,405 | $3,377,718 | $12,382,390 | 272 | 272 | 3.36 |
| 2018 | $131,849 | $337,130 | $1,765,812 | 54 | 53 | 2.56 |
| 2019 | $1,039,927 | $5,269,050 | $17,794,234 | 329 | 329 | 5.07 |
| 2020 | $756,653 | $5,500,903 | $13,004,610 | 250 | 250 | 7.27 |
| 2021 | $398,232 | $1,094,666 | $3,821,561 | 128 | 128 | 2.75 |
| 2022 | $3,894,892 | $12,213,352 | $33,930,044 | 823 | 823 | 3.14 |
| 2023 | $3,635,856 | $7,149,081 | $35,698,186 | 721 | 721 | 1.97 |
| 2024 | $2,743,007 | $19,004,913 | $47,616,898 | 554 | 554 | 6.93 |
Commodities insured in Dawson 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
- 0.93Low end of the filed band
- 2.77Middle of the filed band
- 7.86High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (8.08)
- 10Years filed
- $9,258,470Premium filed
- $39,802,883Indemnity paid
- $123,837,833Liability insured
- 167,107Quantity planted
- 166,302Quantity lost
- 1,812Policies
- 1,810Policies with a loss
- 4.30Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- Hail $25,158,534 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $4,471,808 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,411,654 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,209,391 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $1,401,680 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,317,024 indemnity · 8 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.21Low end of the filed band
- 2.85Middle of the filed band
- 5.56High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (5.77)
- 10Years filed
- $3,663,686Premium filed
- $12,876,608Indemnity paid
- $43,730,241Liability insured
- 76,181Quantity planted
- 75,152Quantity lost
- 1,001Policies
- 999Policies with a loss
- 3.51Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- Hail $8,639,307 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,282,670 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,106,053 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $967,163 indemnity · 9 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $406,583 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $120,909 indemnity · 7 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.02Low end of the filed band
- 1.46Middle of the filed band
- 2.22High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.59)
- 10Years filed
- $1,181,926Premium filed
- $2,060,181Indemnity paid
- $6,515,154Liability insured
- 111,379Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 498Policies
- 498Policies with a loss
- 1.74Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,060,181 indemnity · 10 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.60Low end of the filed band
- 1.60Middle of the filed band
- 4.94High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (5.79)
- 10Years filed
- $262,667Premium filed
- $875,675Indemnity paid
- $1,634,027Liability insured
- 6,725Quantity planted
- 6,750Quantity lost
- 151Policies
- 151Policies with a loss
- 3.33Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- Cold Winter $347,914 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $331,919 indemnity · 6 years
- Freeze $88,710 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $59,103 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $23,300 indemnity · 5 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $14,539 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Nebraska → Buy the Dawson County dossier →
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.