Crop-loss band · Nebraska
Wheeler County, Nebraska — crop-loss band
- 0.99Low end of the filed band
- 2.04Middle of the filed band
- 3.65High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.65)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Wheeler 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 0.99 at the low end to 3.65 at the high end, with 2.04 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 4.65. 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 | $184,453 | $278,141 | $1,633,171 | 38 | 38 | 1.51 |
| 2016 | $512,748 | $510,074 | $3,451,021 | 34 | 34 | 0.99 |
| 2017 | $433,894 | $1,274,450 | $4,498,949 | 65 | 65 | 2.94 |
| 2018 | $284,178 | $840,196 | $2,395,087 | 56 | 56 | 2.96 |
| 2019 | $564,231 | $2,625,565 | $3,622,986 | 59 | 59 | 4.65 |
| 2020 | $358,052 | $1,206,689 | $2,358,177 | 122 | 122 | 3.37 |
| 2021 | $290,711 | $337,696 | $1,834,605 | 113 | 113 | 1.16 |
| 2022 | $1,191,951 | $2,437,466 | $8,209,185 | 245 | 245 | 2.04 |
| 2023 | $1,385,815 | $1,684,602 | $12,549,037 | 186 | 186 | 1.22 |
| 2024 | $1,289,567 | $4,703,267 | $9,992,949 | 171 | 171 | 3.65 |
Commodities insured in Wheeler 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
- 0.92Low end of the filed band
- 2.32Middle of the filed band
- 4.07High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.74)
- 10Years filed
- $4,031,508Premium filed
- $10,073,834Indemnity paid
- $32,621,550Liability insured
- 47,502Quantity planted
- 41,732Quantity lost
- 325Policies
- 325Policies with a loss
- 2.50Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wheeler County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $5,636,668 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,475,294 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Wet Weather $1,273,768 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $714,276 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $461,283 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $153,999 indemnity · 8 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.45Low end of the filed band
- 2.58Middle of the filed band
- 4.81High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.91)
- 10Years filed
- $1,393,517Premium filed
- $3,361,968Indemnity paid
- $11,509,755Liability insured
- 23,438Quantity planted
- 22,297Quantity lost
- 222Policies
- 222Policies with a loss
- 2.41Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wheeler County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,382,832 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $826,698 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $455,992 indemnity · 6 years
- Drought $228,856 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Wet Weather $118,326 indemnity · 3 years
- Hot Wind $108,104 indemnity · 3 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.26Low end of the filed band
- 1.38Middle of the filed band
- 2.54High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.54)
- 10Years filed
- $765,717Premium filed
- $1,773,888Indemnity paid
- $4,675,426Liability insured
- 143,479Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 532Policies
- 532Policies with a loss
- 2.32Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wheeler County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,773,888 indemnity · 10 years
All Other Crops 6 years filed
- 0.60Low end of the filed band
- 1.24Middle of the filed band
- 6.96High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (6.96)
- 6Years filed
- $304,858Premium filed
- $688,456Indemnity paid
- $1,738,436Liability insured
- 7,671Quantity planted
- 68Quantity lost
- 10Policies
- 10Policies with a loss
- 2.26Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wheeler County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $677,520 indemnity · 5 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $10,936 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.