Crop-loss band · Texas
Dallam County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 1.94Low end of the filed band
- 2.69Middle of the filed band
- 3.35High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.92)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Dallam 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 1.94 at the low end to 3.35 at the high end, with 2.69 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 3.92. 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 | $4,022,810 | $7,947,373 | $25,996,282 | 143 | 143 | 1.98 |
| 2016 | $3,621,764 | $10,144,079 | $30,818,849 | 133 | 133 | 2.80 |
| 2017 | $8,279,200 | $32,449,426 | $59,993,691 | 327 | 327 | 3.92 |
| 2018 | $6,370,837 | $12,382,497 | $35,636,466 | 277 | 277 | 1.94 |
| 2019 | $7,656,239 | $25,672,365 | $46,007,549 | 294 | 293 | 3.35 |
| 2020 | $9,732,338 | $28,619,086 | $48,024,063 | 461 | 461 | 2.94 |
| 2021 | $9,823,427 | $26,376,486 | $43,251,903 | 496 | 496 | 2.69 |
| 2022 | $20,938,919 | $55,587,491 | $79,708,410 | 854 | 854 | 2.65 |
| 2023 | $27,392,825 | $80,892,465 | $129,345,733 | 1,073 | 1,073 | 2.95 |
| 2024 | $12,684,927 | $27,875,963 | $56,384,104 | 689 | 689 | 2.20 |
Commodities insured in Dallam County
9 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
- 2.60Low end of the filed band
- 3.42Middle of the filed band
- 4.99High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (5.65)
- 10Years filed
- $30,227,687Premium filed
- $125,250,438Indemnity paid
- $284,584,907Liability insured
- 392,166Quantity planted
- 391,942Quantity lost
- 925Policies
- 924Policies with a loss
- 4.14Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- Hail $31,504,366 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $27,330,846 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $24,804,218 indemnity · 8 years
- Mycotoxin $14,305,560 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $9,032,268 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $8,281,432 indemnity · 9 years
Cotton 9 years filed
- 1.40Low end of the filed band
- 2.15Middle of the filed band
- 4.10High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.10)
- 9Years filed
- $37,774,464Premium filed
- $97,944,526Indemnity paid
- $118,929,225Liability insured
- 258,183Quantity planted
- 330,637Quantity lost
- 424Policies
- 424Policies with a loss
- 2.59Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- Hail $27,259,752 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $16,069,571 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $11,698,355 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $10,600,751 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Wet Weather $9,945,113 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $8,964,784 indemnity · 5 years
Annual Forage 10 years filed
- 0.23Low end of the filed band
- 1.43Middle of the filed band
- 2.33High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.73)
- 10Years filed
- $17,281,970Premium filed
- $33,341,542Indemnity paid
- $59,189,970Liability insured
- 226,463Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 789Policies
- 789Policies with a loss
- 1.93Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $33,341,542 indemnity · 10 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.36Low end of the filed band
- 1.70Middle of the filed band
- 2.03High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.96)
- 10Years filed
- $8,981,513Premium filed
- $19,378,995Indemnity paid
- $30,624,770Liability insured
- 198,168Quantity planted
- 198,283Quantity lost
- 786Policies
- 786Policies with a loss
- 2.16Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- Hail $5,363,355 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $4,624,759 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $3,622,765 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $1,998,377 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,534,537 indemnity · 4 years
- Freeze $607,060 indemnity · 6 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.57Low end of the filed band
- 1.76Middle of the filed band
- 2.15High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.41)
- 10Years filed
- $7,922,315Premium filed
- $15,658,685Indemnity paid
- $26,071,421Liability insured
- 145,295Quantity planted
- 145,849Quantity lost
- 562Policies
- 562Policies with a loss
- 1.98Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- Hot Wind $4,949,520 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $3,441,028 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $3,440,238 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,204,008 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $956,699 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $417,181 indemnity · 6 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.37Low end of the filed band
- 1.53Middle of the filed band
- 2.27High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.29)
- 10Years filed
- $7,147,562Premium filed
- $12,061,447Indemnity paid
- $27,398,186Liability insured
- 751,468Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,171Policies
- 1,171Policies with a loss
- 1.69Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $12,061,447 indemnity · 10 years
Hybrid Sorghum Seed 8 years filed
- 1.90Low end of the filed band
- 4.35Middle of the filed band
- 6.37High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (6.37)
- 8Years filed
- $485,596Premium filed
- $2,171,048Indemnity paid
- $3,818,235Liability insured
- 6,966Quantity planted
- 6,969Quantity lost
- 33Policies
- 33Policies with a loss
- 4.47Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- Hot Wind $1,191,560 indemnity · 5 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $663,822 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $163,474 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $106,798 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $45,394 indemnity · 2 years
Sunflowers 10 years filed
- 1.43Low end of the filed band
- 2.00Middle of the filed band
- 3.52High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (5.44)
- 10Years filed
- $398,860Premium filed
- $1,109,741Indemnity paid
- $2,397,291Liability insured
- 8,772Quantity planted
- 8,927Quantity lost
- 40Policies
- 40Policies with a loss
- 2.78Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- Hail $437,100 indemnity · 3 years
- Hot Wind $220,878 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $169,593 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $137,294 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $61,266 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $49,470 indemnity · 2 years
Silage Sorghum 5 years filed
- 1.41Low end of the filed band
- 2.13Middle of the filed band
- 7.18High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (7.18)
- 5Years filed
- $303,319Premium filed
- $1,030,809Indemnity paid
- $2,153,045Liability insured
- 5,153Quantity planted
- 5,366Quantity lost
- 17Policies
- 17Policies with a loss
- 3.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dallam County
- Hot Wind $397,389 indemnity · 3 years
- Heat $222,624 indemnity · 3 years
- Flood $199,838 indemnity · 1 years
- Insects $81,671 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $60,355 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/PACE Crops Only $57,725 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.