Crop-loss band · Mississippi

Cotton in Mississippi

1.66Low end of the filed band
2.72Middle of the filed band
3.65High end of the filed band
2016Worst year filed (4.13)
10Years filed

Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Cotton in Mississippi, summed across the 35 counties that insure it. The annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 1.66 at the low end to 3.65 at the high end, with 2.72 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2016, at 4.13.

$101,934,096Premium filed
$244,591,328Indemnity paid
$510,717,935Liability insured
4,293Policies
4,290Policies with a loss
590,426Quantity planted
1,448,294Quantity lost

Cotton in Mississippi, year by year

Year	Premium	Indemnity	Liability	Policies	Policies with a loss	Loss ratio
2015	$2,456,991	$8,185,126	$18,981,508	293	293	3.33
2016	$809,016	$3,339,330	$7,455,617	137	134	4.13
2017	$12,845,066	$22,857,625	$51,698,236	417	417	1.78
2018	$3,791,148	$6,297,192	$18,528,590	246	246	1.66
2019	$10,788,484	$34,901,540	$63,362,585	655	655	3.24
2020	$3,590,498	$13,092,860	$25,182,914	358	358	3.65
2021	$4,626,421	$16,543,837	$31,477,042	275	275	3.58
2022	$38,556,233	$78,771,554	$155,672,580	851	851	2.04
2023	$7,655,295	$20,813,673	$46,241,903	328	328	2.72
2024	$16,814,944	$39,788,591	$92,116,960	733	733	2.37

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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, summed to the commodity and state. The loss ratio is the agency’s own published column, re-derived at this grain.