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Crop-loss band · Texas
Pecos County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 0.76Low end of the band
- 2.08Middle of the band
- 2.67High end of the band
- 2015Worst year (3.58)
- 10Years filed
What stands out
- Between its 2023 and 2024 filings its loss ratio fell from 2.01 to 1.69 and its premium rose from $3,026,362 to $3,636,900.
- Its middle loss ratio of 2.08 ranks 70th highest of the 177 counties in Texas with a filed crop-loss record.
- It insures 5 commodities, against a range of 2 to 12 across Texas’s 177 county records.
- Across its 10 filed years it paid $42,929,858 of indemnity on $20,592,670 of premium, a loss ratio of 2.08.
- It ran a loss ratio above 1.0 in 9 of its 10 filed years; its lowest was 0.76 in 2016 and its highest 3.58 in 2015.
Every line is computed by formula from this county’s own filed figures; nothing is estimated.
Pecos County by filed year
| Year | Premium | Indemnity | Liability | Policies | Policies with a loss | Loss ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $486,447 | $1,743,522 | $3,018,032 | 66 | 66 | 3.58 |
| 2016 | $1,043,733 | $788,041 | $3,890,293 | 99 | 99 | 0.76 |
| 2017 | $1,061,610 | $1,098,619 | $4,414,936 | 152 | 152 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | $2,210,421 | $5,573,051 | $13,558,494 | 233 | 233 | 2.52 |
| 2019 | $1,851,085 | $4,847,895 | $12,815,102 | 228 | 228 | 2.62 |
| 2020 | $1,965,669 | $4,153,495 | $7,942,318 | 319 | 319 | 2.11 |
| 2021 | $2,858,453 | $5,956,246 | $10,630,779 | 360 | 360 | 2.08 |
| 2022 | $2,451,990 | $6,542,096 | $9,504,622 | 307 | 307 | 2.67 |
| 2023 | $3,026,362 | $6,089,788 | $11,173,634 | 334 | 334 | 2.01 |
| 2024 | $3,636,900 | $6,137,105 | $13,251,033 | 418 | 418 | 1.69 |
5 commodities insured in Pecos County
| Commodity | Years | Low | Middle | High | Worst year | Whole span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | 10 | 0.75 | 1.94 | 2.30 | 2022 (2.45) | 1.87 |
| All Other Crops | 8 | 1.38 | 2.32 | 14.74 | 2015 (14.74) | 4.89 |
| Annual Forage | 7 | 0.97 | 1.82 | 3.06 | 2018 (3.06) | 1.91 |
| Cotton | 10 | 0.76 | 1.52 | 4.73 | 2024 (6.55) | 2.48 |
| Onions | 8 | 1.96 | 3.56 | 5.77 | 2015 (5.77) | 3.77 |
| Commodity | Premium | Indemnity | Liability | Planted | Lost | Policies | With a loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $16,496,790 | $30,801,145 | $61,206,578 | 5,603,521 | 0 | 2,327 | 2,327 |
| All Other Crops | $1,033,202 | $5,049,993 | $14,311,743 | 107,763 | 26,443 | 41 | 41 |
| Annual Forage | $1,636,334 | $3,125,345 | $5,183,484 | 25,911 | 0 | 83 | 83 |
| Cotton | $1,106,374 | $2,745,976 | $7,373,830 | 12,413 | 12,413 | 49 | 49 |
| Onions | $319,970 | $1,207,399 | $2,123,608 | 996 | 996 | 16 | 16 |
Causes that carried Pecos County’s indemnity
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $30,801,145 indemnity · 10 years
All Other Crops
- Freeze $1,794,666 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $1,056,123 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $976,278 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $953,078 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $203,315 indemnity · 1 years
- Hot Wind $66,533 indemnity · 1 years
Annual Forage
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,125,345 indemnity · 7 years
Cotton
- Hot Wind $936,192 indemnity · 8 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $603,271 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $443,230 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $295,252 indemnity · 5 years
- Freeze $282,198 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $173,856 indemnity · 3 years
Onions
- Hail $772,037 indemnity · 6 years
- Freeze $243,718 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $140,265 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Winter $51,379 indemnity · 1 years
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Source: USDA Risk Management Agency, Cause of Loss Summary of Business. Methodology.