Crop-loss band · Wisconsin
Portage County, Wisconsin — crop-loss band
- 2.14Low end of the filed band
- 2.85Middle of the filed band
- 6.71High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (7.38)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Portage 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 2.14 at the low end to 6.71 at the high end, with 2.85 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2018, at 7.38. 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 | $426,098 | $1,079,781 | $3,272,416 | 133 | 133 | 2.53 |
| 2016 | $226,481 | $1,055,981 | $2,796,418 | 62 | 61 | 4.66 |
| 2017 | $469,837 | $1,639,539 | $4,889,237 | 107 | 107 | 3.49 |
| 2018 | $1,037,874 | $7,662,474 | $16,893,933 | 144 | 144 | 7.38 |
| 2019 | $1,663,994 | $6,610,654 | $16,657,853 | 212 | 212 | 3.97 |
| 2020 | $682,088 | $1,456,270 | $6,401,142 | 105 | 105 | 2.14 |
| 2021 | $1,265,475 | $8,495,943 | $16,034,887 | 92 | 92 | 6.71 |
| 2022 | $627,987 | $1,395,976 | $5,775,047 | 95 | 95 | 2.22 |
| 2023 | $2,805,516 | $6,704,285 | $23,311,806 | 260 | 260 | 2.39 |
| 2024 | $4,222,261 | $12,034,495 | $35,798,801 | 322 | 322 | 2.85 |
Commodities insured in Portage 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.
Potatoes 10 years filed
- 0.96Low end of the filed band
- 3.26Middle of the filed band
- 7.44High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (10.60)
- 10Years filed
- $7,772,497Premium filed
- $33,172,877Indemnity paid
- $89,328,846Liability insured
- 21,168Quantity planted
- 21,162Quantity lost
- 128Policies
- 128Policies with a loss
- 4.27Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Portage County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $22,897,384 indemnity · 9 years
- Freeze $4,714,799 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $3,808,912 indemnity · 3 years
- Heat $870,302 indemnity · 4 years
- Frost $635,220 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $150,784 indemnity · 1 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.23Low end of the filed band
- 1.74Middle of the filed band
- 2.16High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.46)
- 10Years filed
- $3,696,558Premium filed
- $6,892,650Indemnity paid
- $19,527,952Liability insured
- 44,593Quantity planted
- 44,548Quantity lost
- 777Policies
- 776Policies with a loss
- 1.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Portage County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,864,305 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $1,650,698 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $357,181 indemnity · 6 years
- Cold Wet Weather $285,646 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $275,923 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $191,322 indemnity · 4 years
Processing Beans 10 years filed
- 3.42Low end of the filed band
- 8.99Middle of the filed band
- 11.13High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (16.82)
- 10Years filed
- $433,927Premium filed
- $3,639,505Indemnity paid
- $8,083,639Liability insured
- 11,136Quantity planted
- 11,135Quantity lost
- 122Policies
- 122Policies with a loss
- 8.39Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Portage County
- Heat $2,261,324 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,225,334 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $125,446 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $22,809 indemnity · 1 years
- Wildlife $4,592 indemnity · 1 years
Cranberries 9 years filed
- 0.88Low end of the filed band
- 5.01Middle of the filed band
- 8.14High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (8.14)
- 9Years filed
- $437,821Premium filed
- $2,259,348Indemnity paid
- $7,344,355Liability insured
- 1,923Quantity planted
- 1,923Quantity lost
- 55Policies
- 55Policies with a loss
- 5.16Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Portage County
- Hail $607,395 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $402,393 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $347,133 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $256,055 indemnity · 2 years
- Freeze $224,198 indemnity · 2 years
- All Other Causes $141,472 indemnity · 3 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.12Low end of the filed band
- 1.85Middle of the filed band
- 2.07High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.04)
- 10Years filed
- $1,086,808Premium filed
- $2,171,018Indemnity paid
- $7,546,748Liability insured
- 22,915Quantity planted
- 21,549Quantity lost
- 450Policies
- 450Policies with a loss
- 2.00Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Portage County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,064,430 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $644,652 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $87,384 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $86,607 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $85,701 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $84,286 indemnity · 3 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Wisconsin → Buy the Portage 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.