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Crop-loss band · South Dakota

Soybeans in South Dakota

Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Soybeans in South Dakota, summed across the 52 counties that insure it. The annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 1.38 at the low end to 3.61 at the high end, with 2.10 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 5.39.

Soybeans in South Dakota, year by year

YearPremiumIndemnityLiabilityPoliciesPolicies with a lossLoss ratio
2015$12,802,981$28,350,202$86,920,7652,3982,3932.21
2016$18,919,195$26,151,981$146,046,7524,1094,0651.38
2017$31,987,077$45,994,198$240,166,7634,7714,7701.44
2018$51,274,004$115,925,736$431,274,6877,5797,5742.26
2019$55,101,658$297,256,110$403,291,22416,08616,0835.39
2020$33,733,226$121,621,544$256,954,37611,41211,4103.61
2021$83,659,442$175,834,550$655,102,5927,4627,4542.10
2022$146,020,066$309,539,162$1,152,399,12014,33014,3202.12
2023$72,032,651$125,108,564$625,774,3928,3618,3451.74
2024$111,670,214$223,046,892$1,007,090,67015,16715,1632.00

Every county-crop the agency files in South Dakota →

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.

What this page shows

The Velarion Records public-records register page covers Crop-loss band for South Dakota Soybeans in South Dakota. It lists 1.38 as the low end, 2.10 as the middle and 3.61 as the high end of the filed band, with 2019 the worst year filed at 5.39. The figures include $ 617,200,515 premium filed, $ 1,468,828,939 indemnity paid, $ 5,005,021,339 liability insured, 91,675 policies, 91,577 policies with a loss, 12,126,277 quantity planted and 12,224,144 quantity lost.