USDA · Risk Management Agency cause of loss

Crop-loss bands in New Mexico

Every county-crop the agency has filed in New Mexico 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 $806,403,579.

• 11Counties
• 6Commodities filed here
• 7Causes of loss that paid

Counties

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

• Roosevelt County8
• Curry County7
• Lea County7
• Quay County6
• Doña Ana County4
• Luna County4
• Union County4
• Chaves County3
• Eddy County3
• Otero County2
• Sierra County2

By commodity

Every commodity the agency files in New Mexico — all 6 of them, not the twelve largest.

• All Other Crops19
• Pasture,Rangeland,Forage15
• Annual Forage6
• Cotton6
• Corn5
• Pecans5

By cause of loss

Every cause that has carried an indemnity in New Mexico — all 7 of them, not the twelve largest.

• ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only31
• Freeze12
• Hail12
• Heat11
• Hot Wind11
• Wind/Excess Wind11
• Decline in Price10

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.