Crop-loss band · Wisconsin
Brown County, Wisconsin — crop-loss band
- 1.78Low end of the filed band
- 2.57Middle of the filed band
- 3.05High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (3.12)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Brown 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 1.78 at the low end to 3.05 at the high end, with 2.57 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 3.12. 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 | $968,219 | $2,056,648 | $5,385,044 | 186 | 177 | 2.12 |
| 2016 | $657,940 | $1,337,456 | $3,423,215 | 168 | 154 | 2.03 |
| 2017 | $1,091,082 | $2,888,665 | $6,859,784 | 213 | 211 | 2.65 |
| 2018 | $484,033 | $1,402,673 | $3,533,367 | 196 | 187 | 2.90 |
| 2019 | $2,730,534 | $8,186,822 | $15,114,460 | 504 | 499 | 3.00 |
| 2020 | $1,068,402 | $3,330,929 | $8,464,791 | 360 | 351 | 3.12 |
| 2021 | $506,559 | $1,542,898 | $3,308,587 | 143 | 132 | 3.05 |
| 2022 | $693,640 | $1,235,525 | $4,231,332 | 130 | 130 | 1.78 |
| 2023 | $1,067,427 | $1,908,009 | $6,657,810 | 208 | 208 | 1.79 |
| 2024 | $2,587,347 | $6,656,416 | $15,006,551 | 405 | 405 | 2.57 |
Commodities insured in Brown 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.93Low end of the filed band
- 1.42Middle of the filed band
- 2.59High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (2.62)
- 10Years filed
- $6,885,099Premium filed
- $14,668,457Indemnity paid
- $35,955,857Liability insured
- 91,745Quantity planted
- 91,107Quantity lost
- 746Policies
- 746Policies with a loss
- 2.13Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brown County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $11,430,375 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $1,807,662 indemnity · 8 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $643,323 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $322,359 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $233,237 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $70,862 indemnity · 3 years
Forage Production 10 years filed
- 1.29Low end of the filed band
- 2.65Middle of the filed band
- 5.10High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (5.79)
- 10Years filed
- $2,520,563Premium filed
- $8,101,620Indemnity paid
- $18,882,414Liability insured
- 50,375Quantity planted
- 50,555Quantity lost
- 561Policies
- 558Policies with a loss
- 3.21Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brown County
- Cold Wet Weather $3,001,276 indemnity · 9 years
- Cold Winter $2,819,026 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,514,050 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $478,752 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $130,817 indemnity · 2 years
- Freeze $53,767 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.89Low end of the filed band
- 1.77Middle of the filed band
- 3.01High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.85)
- 10Years filed
- $1,500,768Premium filed
- $4,109,228Indemnity paid
- $10,026,215Liability insured
- 29,104Quantity planted
- 29,356Quantity lost
- 461Policies
- 461Policies with a loss
- 2.74Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brown County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,331,602 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $454,116 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $109,185 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $94,343 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $58,484 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $38,672 indemnity · 4 years
Forage Seeding 10 years filed
- 2.55Low end of the filed band
- 4.76Middle of the filed band
- 5.87High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (6.03)
- 10Years filed
- $545,971Premium filed
- $2,612,111Indemnity paid
- $4,561,684Liability insured
- 25,132Quantity planted
- 20,827Quantity lost
- 540Policies
- 484Policies with a loss
- 4.78Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brown County
- Cold Wet Weather $1,087,107 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Winter $914,433 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $434,629 indemnity · 9 years
- Freeze $80,893 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $73,277 indemnity · 4 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $7,774 indemnity · 2 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.81Low end of the filed band
- 2.44Middle of the filed band
- 4.10High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.51)
- 10Years filed
- $402,782Premium filed
- $1,054,625Indemnity paid
- $2,558,771Liability insured
- 9,041Quantity planted
- 9,009Quantity lost
- 205Policies
- 205Policies with a loss
- 2.62Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brown County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $289,987 indemnity · 9 years
- Cold Wet Weather $263,229 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Winter $254,482 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $159,280 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $32,265 indemnity · 3 years
- Mycotoxin $22,520 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.