USDA · Risk Management Agency cause of loss

Crop-loss bands in Maryland

Every county-crop the agency has filed in Maryland that clears this desk’s floors: at least five filed years and a quarter of a million dollars of filed premium, on a county that insures more than one commodity. The total indemnity on those county-crops is $131,262,068.

• 16Counties
• 3Commodities filed here
• 6Causes of loss that paid

Counties

16 county hubs in Maryland. Ordered by the indemnity filed on their county-crops, largest first; every one carries its own band.

• Dorchester County5
• Caroline County3
• Carroll County3
• Cecil County3
• Frederick County3
• Kent County3
• Talbot County3
• Washington County3
• Wicomico County3
• Baltimore County2
• Charles County2
• Montgomery County2
• Queen Anne's County2
• St. Mary's County2
• Somerset County2
• Worcester County2

By commodity

Every commodity the agency files in Maryland — all 3 of them, not the twelve largest.

• Corn18
• Soybeans16
• Wheat5

By cause of loss

Every cause that has carried an indemnity in Maryland — all 6 of them, not the twelve largest.

• Cold Wet Weather19
• Decline in Price19
• Drought19
• Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain19
• Heat19
• Wildlife19

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.