Crop-loss band · Wisconsin
Pierce County, Wisconsin — crop-loss band
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 2.00Middle of the filed band
- 2.84High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.03)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Pierce 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 1.34 at the low end to 2.84 at the high end, with 2.00 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 4.03. 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 | $202,858 | $438,665 | $1,876,678 | 72 | 72 | 2.16 |
| 2016 | $155,230 | $309,727 | $1,576,710 | 49 | 48 | 2.00 |
| 2017 | $413,443 | $746,355 | $4,289,652 | 125 | 124 | 1.81 |
| 2018 | $746,323 | $1,505,400 | $9,225,474 | 244 | 244 | 2.02 |
| 2019 | $766,524 | $3,088,138 | $9,396,574 | 293 | 293 | 4.03 |
| 2020 | $242,611 | $689,856 | $2,328,014 | 90 | 90 | 2.84 |
| 2021 | $676,973 | $1,873,740 | $7,572,222 | 162 | 162 | 2.77 |
| 2022 | $933,348 | $1,253,013 | $10,444,448 | 177 | 177 | 1.34 |
| 2023 | $1,019,459 | $1,808,857 | $8,163,543 | 161 | 161 | 1.77 |
| 2024 | $2,646,886 | $5,211,478 | $28,377,500 | 496 | 496 | 1.97 |
Commodities insured in Pierce County
4 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
- 0.95Low end of the filed band
- 2.16Middle of the filed band
- 3.08High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.56)
- 10Years filed
- $4,741,634Premium filed
- $9,409,884Indemnity paid
- $47,480,907Liability insured
- 69,624Quantity planted
- 69,371Quantity lost
- 982Policies
- 980Policies with a loss
- 1.98Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,545,617 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $2,260,944 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $1,212,746 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $443,031 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Wet Weather $351,177 indemnity · 5 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $248,246 indemnity · 3 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.73Low end of the filed band
- 2.05Middle of the filed band
- 3.99High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.83)
- 10Years filed
- $1,955,084Premium filed
- $4,373,593Indemnity paid
- $23,019,457Liability insured
- 51,699Quantity planted
- 51,265Quantity lost
- 576Policies
- 576Policies with a loss
- 2.24Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,061,345 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $1,231,402 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $372,212 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $298,184 indemnity · 6 years
- Cold Wet Weather $208,821 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $129,425 indemnity · 2 years
Forage Production 5 years filed
- 0.20Low end of the filed band
- 4.73Middle of the filed band
- 11.60High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (11.60)
- 5Years filed
- $487,113Premium filed
- $1,971,279Indemnity paid
- $8,034,647Liability insured
- 9,647Quantity planted
- 9,647Quantity lost
- 60Policies
- 60Policies with a loss
- 4.05Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $1,971,279 indemnity · 5 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 1.08Low end of the filed band
- 1.59Middle of the filed band
- 2.39High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.89)
- 10Years filed
- $619,824Premium filed
- $1,170,473Indemnity paid
- $4,715,804Liability insured
- 14,541Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 251Policies
- 251Policies with a loss
- 1.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,170,473 indemnity · 10 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Wisconsin → Buy the Pierce County dossier →
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.