Crop-loss band · South Dakota
Walworth County, South Dakota — crop-loss band
- 1.47Low end of the filed band
- 1.65Middle of the filed band
- 3.36High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.45)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Walworth 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 1.47 at the low end to 3.36 at the high end, with 1.65 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 3.45. 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 | $486,895 | $783,318 | $2,419,817 | 95 | 95 | 1.61 |
| 2016 | $1,037,950 | $1,768,872 | $4,511,443 | 126 | 125 | 1.70 |
| 2017 | $2,808,018 | $8,913,332 | $17,239,372 | 418 | 418 | 3.17 |
| 2018 | $1,372,280 | $2,068,116 | $9,742,916 | 175 | 175 | 1.51 |
| 2019 | $2,561,211 | $8,829,398 | $15,909,854 | 429 | 429 | 3.45 |
| 2020 | $1,903,757 | $6,389,794 | $9,990,183 | 404 | 404 | 3.36 |
| 2021 | $6,508,571 | $16,363,668 | $42,297,898 | 556 | 555 | 2.51 |
| 2022 | $2,054,169 | $3,021,891 | $13,596,423 | 248 | 248 | 1.47 |
| 2023 | $1,706,805 | $2,823,257 | $9,213,403 | 241 | 241 | 1.65 |
| 2024 | $1,885,180 | $3,040,272 | $12,119,988 | 335 | 335 | 1.61 |
Commodities insured in Walworth County
6 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
- 0.89Low end of the filed band
- 1.46Middle of the filed band
- 3.28High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (3.84)
- 10Years filed
- $8,505,420Premium filed
- $19,042,456Indemnity paid
- $51,190,733Liability insured
- 112,910Quantity planted
- 117,171Quantity lost
- 704Policies
- 704Policies with a loss
- 2.24Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Walworth County
- Drought $9,471,209 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $5,915,353 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $2,063,167 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $705,544 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $302,325 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $274,455 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.52Low end of the filed band
- 2.39Middle of the filed band
- 4.63High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (5.17)
- 10Years filed
- $4,180,517Premium filed
- $15,387,151Indemnity paid
- $25,311,059Liability insured
- 105,145Quantity planted
- 107,213Quantity lost
- 665Policies
- 665Policies with a loss
- 3.68Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Walworth County
- Drought $11,004,229 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,723,326 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,528,669 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $439,453 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $217,969 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Winter $115,503 indemnity · 4 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.26Low end of the filed band
- 1.73Middle of the filed band
- 3.43High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.97)
- 10Years filed
- $6,993,369Premium filed
- $13,561,826Indemnity paid
- $47,721,885Liability insured
- 145,242Quantity planted
- 144,068Quantity lost
- 789Policies
- 789Policies with a loss
- 1.94Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Walworth County
- Drought $5,983,290 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,269,312 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $2,458,118 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $656,115 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $623,798 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $192,542 indemnity · 6 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 0.35Low end of the filed band
- 1.83Middle of the filed band
- 2.66High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.66)
- 9Years filed
- $1,669,900Premium filed
- $3,568,876Indemnity paid
- $8,172,276Liability insured
- 195,521Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 694Policies
- 694Policies with a loss
- 2.14Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Walworth County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,568,876 indemnity · 9 years
Forage Production 8 years filed
- 0.94Low end of the filed band
- 1.59Middle of the filed band
- 3.75High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.75)
- 8Years filed
- $601,048Premium filed
- $1,311,724Indemnity paid
- $2,455,033Liability insured
- 19,155Quantity planted
- 19,155Quantity lost
- 110Policies
- 108Policies with a loss
- 2.18Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Walworth County
- Drought $1,121,992 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $163,150 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $19,692 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Winter $3,439 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $2,537 indemnity · 1 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $650 indemnity · 1 years
Sunflowers 10 years filed
- 1.42Low end of the filed band
- 2.34Middle of the filed band
- 3.84High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (4.47)
- 10Years filed
- $374,582Premium filed
- $1,129,885Indemnity paid
- $2,190,311Liability insured
- 7,767Quantity planted
- 7,767Quantity lost
- 65Policies
- 65Policies with a loss
- 3.02Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Walworth County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $485,224 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $251,216 indemnity · 4 years
- Plant Disease $226,174 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $123,411 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $22,366 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $17,380 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.