Crop-loss band · Nebraska
Jefferson County, Nebraska — crop-loss band
- 0.97Low end of the filed band
- 1.74Middle of the filed band
- 2.69High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (5.46)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Jefferson 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 0.97 at the low end to 2.69 at the high end, with 1.74 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 5.46. 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 | $646,594 | $1,337,613 | $7,412,890 | 348 | 347 | 2.07 |
| 2016 | $378,397 | $367,422 | $3,447,137 | 121 | 121 | 0.97 |
| 2017 | $2,500,181 | $4,290,946 | $22,464,220 | 718 | 718 | 1.72 |
| 2018 | $797,403 | $1,373,693 | $7,211,394 | 245 | 245 | 1.72 |
| 2019 | $170,460 | $419,815 | $2,458,449 | 97 | 97 | 2.46 |
| 2020 | $146,545 | $393,793 | $2,151,611 | 56 | 56 | 2.69 |
| 2021 | $687,526 | $1,111,043 | $6,329,513 | 204 | 204 | 1.62 |
| 2022 | $2,111,319 | $3,683,991 | $21,839,475 | 626 | 626 | 1.74 |
| 2023 | $5,599,538 | $30,590,520 | $69,285,413 | 1,562 | 1,562 | 5.46 |
| 2024 | $2,360,060 | $4,774,697 | $27,626,298 | 922 | 922 | 2.02 |
Commodities insured in Jefferson 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
- 0.91Low end of the filed band
- 1.51Middle of the filed band
- 3.18High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (5.25)
- 10Years filed
- $7,916,923Premium filed
- $24,384,753Indemnity paid
- $82,415,628Liability insured
- 151,656Quantity planted
- 150,264Quantity lost
- 1,966Policies
- 1,965Policies with a loss
- 3.08Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Jefferson County
- Drought $18,248,963 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $2,426,871 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $1,097,597 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $930,658 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $463,931 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $363,471 indemnity · 4 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.15Low end of the filed band
- 1.85Middle of the filed band
- 2.30High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (6.24)
- 10Years filed
- $6,593,472Premium filed
- $21,550,364Indemnity paid
- $81,407,115Liability insured
- 175,269Quantity planted
- 170,191Quantity lost
- 2,273Policies
- 2,273Policies with a loss
- 3.27Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Jefferson County
- Drought $15,631,486 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $3,234,669 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $971,860 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $431,062 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $405,126 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $355,220 indemnity · 8 years
Wheat 9 years filed
- 1.21Low end of the filed band
- 3.02Middle of the filed band
- 4.66High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.66)
- 9Years filed
- $392,928Premium filed
- $1,382,317Indemnity paid
- $3,219,736Liability insured
- 13,220Quantity planted
- 13,224Quantity lost
- 220Policies
- 220Policies with a loss
- 3.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Jefferson County
- Drought $628,184 indemnity · 6 years
- Cold Winter $287,068 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $264,741 indemnity · 2 years
- Plant Disease $81,159 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $33,631 indemnity · 2 years
- Mycotoxin $24,326 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 8 years filed
- 0.83Low end of the filed band
- 1.70Middle of the filed band
- 2.38High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.38)
- 8Years filed
- $494,700Premium filed
- $1,026,099Indemnity paid
- $3,183,921Liability insured
- 39,053Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 440Policies
- 440Policies with a loss
- 2.07Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Jefferson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,026,099 indemnity · 8 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.