Crop-loss band · Texas
Delta County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 0.85Low end of the filed band
- 2.02Middle of the filed band
- 2.91High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.56)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Delta 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 0.85 at the low end to 2.91 at the high end, with 2.02 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 4.56. 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 | $1,324,160 | $2,233,622 | $6,562,157 | 72 | 72 | 1.69 |
| 2016 | $806,615 | $1,796,765 | $4,074,599 | 113 | 112 | 2.23 |
| 2017 | $58,079 | $49,278 | $278,471 | 19 | 19 | 0.85 |
| 2018 | $804,273 | $1,837,895 | $4,614,935 | 58 | 58 | 2.29 |
| 2019 | $1,330,292 | $2,447,512 | $6,649,509 | 82 | 82 | 1.84 |
| 2020 | $918,080 | $1,852,319 | $4,737,387 | 100 | 100 | 2.02 |
| 2021 | $617,151 | $1,796,898 | $3,406,433 | 50 | 50 | 2.91 |
| 2022 | $1,883,772 | $8,583,671 | $10,674,399 | 89 | 89 | 4.56 |
| 2023 | $1,952,364 | $3,399,849 | $10,671,877 | 101 | 101 | 1.74 |
| 2024 | $2,133,786 | $4,920,502 | $8,436,658 | 145 | 144 | 2.31 |
Commodities insured in Delta County
5 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.
Cotton 9 years filed
- 0.84Low end of the filed band
- 1.99Middle of the filed band
- 5.19High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (5.19)
- 9Years filed
- $4,851,375Premium filed
- $13,612,024Indemnity paid
- $24,938,566Liability insured
- 60,151Quantity planted
- 64,461Quantity lost
- 127Policies
- 127Policies with a loss
- 2.81Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Delta County
- Drought $8,064,301 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,620,865 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $420,344 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $345,140 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $140,931 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $20,445 indemnity · 1 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.50Low end of the filed band
- 1.62Middle of the filed band
- 3.05High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.25)
- 10Years filed
- $3,325,814Premium filed
- $6,231,998Indemnity paid
- $15,568,172Liability insured
- 50,632Quantity planted
- 47,811Quantity lost
- 148Policies
- 146Policies with a loss
- 1.87Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Delta County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,102,338 indemnity · 9 years
- Flood $1,078,890 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $312,660 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $283,031 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $141,173 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $99,815 indemnity · 1 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.31Low end of the filed band
- 1.58Middle of the filed band
- 3.23High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.53)
- 10Years filed
- $1,833,367Premium filed
- $4,635,033Indemnity paid
- $9,773,859Liability insured
- 39,837Quantity planted
- 37,310Quantity lost
- 185Policies
- 185Policies with a loss
- 2.53Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Delta County
- Heat $1,572,985 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $1,235,454 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,051,539 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $362,383 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $341,701 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $70,209 indemnity · 2 years
Wheat 9 years filed
- 1.51Low end of the filed band
- 2.74Middle of the filed band
- 4.20High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (4.20)
- 9Years filed
- $1,565,912Premium filed
- $4,045,341Indemnity paid
- $8,530,953Liability insured
- 51,623Quantity planted
- 51,625Quantity lost
- 233Policies
- 233Policies with a loss
- 2.58Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Delta County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,353,309 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $289,623 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $177,818 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $129,171 indemnity · 4 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $40,245 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $32,564 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.70Low end of the filed band
- 1.49Middle of the filed band
- 1.99High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (2.73)
- 10Years filed
- $252,104Premium filed
- $393,915Indemnity paid
- $1,294,875Liability insured
- 15,611Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 136Policies
- 136Policies with a loss
- 1.56Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Delta County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $393,915 indemnity · 10 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.