Crop-loss band · Washington
Whitman County, Washington — crop-loss band
- 1.80Low end of the filed band
- 2.70Middle of the filed band
- 3.69High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (6.59)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Whitman 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 1.80 at the low end to 3.69 at the high end, with 2.70 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2021, at 6.59. 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 | $10,966,537 | $40,416,677 | $179,463,270 | 3,329 | 3,321 | 3.69 |
| 2016 | $1,837,824 | $5,084,237 | $25,098,093 | 576 | 576 | 2.77 |
| 2017 | $4,029,177 | $11,259,900 | $49,560,162 | 1,682 | 1,676 | 2.79 |
| 2018 | $2,353,721 | $4,228,593 | $24,263,502 | 507 | 507 | 1.80 |
| 2019 | $6,461,882 | $13,996,229 | $87,076,314 | 1,393 | 1,393 | 2.17 |
| 2020 | $734,921 | $1,409,588 | $5,538,958 | 197 | 197 | 1.92 |
| 2021 | $13,552,587 | $89,343,460 | $220,215,301 | 3,069 | 3,068 | 6.59 |
| 2022 | $3,179,553 | $9,287,495 | $26,427,513 | 524 | 524 | 2.92 |
| 2023 | $37,301,654 | $100,719,859 | $351,252,011 | 2,685 | 2,685 | 2.70 |
| 2024 | $24,556,003 | $57,936,382 | $265,580,654 | 2,370 | 2,370 | 2.36 |
Commodities insured in Whitman 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.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.18Low end of the filed band
- 2.71Middle of the filed band
- 3.46High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (7.31)
- 10Years filed
- $79,874,355Premium filed
- $255,803,503Indemnity paid
- $976,013,377Liability insured
- 2,059,316Quantity planted
- 2,087,165Quantity lost
- 9,913Policies
- 9,899Policies with a loss
- 3.20Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Whitman County
- Drought $177,244,659 indemnity · 10 years
- Decline in Price $35,617,055 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $27,280,512 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,218,705 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $2,540,231 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Winter $1,582,601 indemnity · 7 years
Dry Peas 10 years filed
- 1.73Low end of the filed band
- 2.78Middle of the filed band
- 4.25High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (4.99)
- 10Years filed
- $17,152,085Premium filed
- $55,483,411Indemnity paid
- $186,320,406Liability insured
- 540,040Quantity planted
- 539,812Quantity lost
- 4,034Policies
- 4,033Policies with a loss
- 3.23Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Whitman County
- Drought $32,097,280 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $8,173,990 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $5,990,652 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $3,746,446 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Wet Weather $1,709,175 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $1,482,949 indemnity · 6 years
Barley 10 years filed
- 2.41Low end of the filed band
- 3.64Middle of the filed band
- 5.47High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (8.67)
- 10Years filed
- $1,897,993Premium filed
- $9,282,491Indemnity paid
- $31,116,781Liability insured
- 109,572Quantity planted
- 109,755Quantity lost
- 1,187Policies
- 1,187Policies with a loss
- 4.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Whitman County
- Drought $6,378,242 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $1,564,390 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $673,874 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $253,094 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Wet Weather $176,910 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $91,115 indemnity · 3 years
Canola 9 years filed
- 1.15Low end of the filed band
- 3.55Middle of the filed band
- 4.27High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (4.27)
- 9Years filed
- $3,173,135Premium filed
- $8,585,997Indemnity paid
- $28,461,768Liability insured
- 79,217Quantity planted
- 77,486Quantity lost
- 729Policies
- 729Policies with a loss
- 2.71Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Whitman County
- Drought $4,794,782 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $2,099,426 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $662,796 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $376,742 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $243,711 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $120,651 indemnity · 5 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 6 years filed
- 1.29Low end of the filed band
- 1.57Middle of the filed band
- 2.05High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.05)
- 6Years filed
- $2,876,291Premium filed
- $4,527,018Indemnity paid
- $12,563,446Liability insured
- 336,441Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 469Policies
- 469Policies with a loss
- 1.57Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Whitman County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $4,527,018 indemnity · 6 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.