Crop-loss band · Texas
Starr County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 1.02Low end of the filed band
- 1.54Middle of the filed band
- 1.79High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (1.95)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Starr County is in the series below, from 2015 to 2024. Read across those years the county’s annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 1.02 at the low end to 1.79 at the high end, with 1.54 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 1.95. The band points are years the county actually ran, never a figure interpolated between two of them.
The county’s year-by-year record
| Year | Premium | Indemnity | Liability | Policies | Policies with a loss | Loss ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $2,411,180 | $2,753,252 | $4,797,192 | 324 | 324 | 1.14 |
| 2016 | $2,453,572 | $2,514,506 | $4,954,380 | 315 | 315 | 1.02 |
| 2017 | $3,585,818 | $4,210,692 | $6,713,380 | 360 | 360 | 1.17 |
| 2018 | $3,566,448 | $4,220,428 | $6,783,949 | 371 | 371 | 1.18 |
| 2019 | $2,257,710 | $3,616,698 | $7,295,448 | 441 | 441 | 1.60 |
| 2020 | $3,540,083 | $6,900,359 | $10,590,507 | 456 | 456 | 1.95 |
| 2021 | $3,318,827 | $5,108,180 | $8,761,675 | 408 | 408 | 1.54 |
| 2022 | $3,582,100 | $6,004,470 | $10,452,535 | 615 | 615 | 1.68 |
| 2023 | $3,528,923 | $5,967,436 | $9,672,186 | 549 | 549 | 1.69 |
| 2024 | $2,227,752 | $3,990,651 | $7,283,208 | 496 | 496 | 1.79 |
Commodities insured in Starr County
7 commodities here clear the desk’s floors — at least five filed years and a quarter of a million dollars of filed premium. Each carries its own band, so a reader can read the commodity they actually farm rather than the county average.
Onions 10 years filed
- 0.90Low end of the filed band
- 1.01Middle of the filed band
- 1.60High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (1.64)
- 10Years filed
- $14,528,218Premium filed
- $15,662,411Indemnity paid
- $25,120,691Liability insured
- 10,766Quantity planted
- 10,766Quantity lost
- 114Policies
- 114Policies with a loss
- 1.08Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Starr County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $12,254,247 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,124,635 indemnity · 3 years
- Freeze $771,338 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $519,670 indemnity · 2 years
- Plant Disease $464,540 indemnity · 1 years
- Failure of Irrigation Supply $443,111 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 1.21Low end of the filed band
- 1.85Middle of the filed band
- 2.27High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.36)
- 10Years filed
- $7,774,196Premium filed
- $14,085,382Indemnity paid
- $29,397,091Liability insured
- 971,898Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 3,876Policies
- 3,876Policies with a loss
- 1.81Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Starr County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $14,085,382 indemnity · 10 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.59Low end of the filed band
- 2.18Middle of the filed band
- 2.81High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (2.87)
- 10Years filed
- $3,318,771Premium filed
- $6,862,411Indemnity paid
- $7,685,400Liability insured
- 27,023Quantity planted
- 27,085Quantity lost
- 71Policies
- 71Policies with a loss
- 2.07Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Starr County
- Drought $3,079,643 indemnity · 9 years
- Failure of Irrigation Supply $1,624,168 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,103,624 indemnity · 6 years
- Hot Wind $588,657 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $195,894 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $142,573 indemnity · 1 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.11Low end of the filed band
- 1.37Middle of the filed band
- 1.98High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.06)
- 10Years filed
- $3,030,794Premium filed
- $4,593,808Indemnity paid
- $8,834,442Liability insured
- 74,465Quantity planted
- 78,356Quantity lost
- 175Policies
- 175Policies with a loss
- 1.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Starr County
- Drought $2,967,338 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $593,905 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $356,142 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $319,095 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $179,757 indemnity · 4 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $82,811 indemnity · 1 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.68Low end of the filed band
- 1.04Middle of the filed band
- 3.32High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (3.79)
- 10Years filed
- $699,517Premium filed
- $1,662,344Indemnity paid
- $2,693,268Liability insured
- 17,294Quantity planted
- 17,918Quantity lost
- 42Policies
- 42Policies with a loss
- 2.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Starr County
- Drought $1,421,307 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $122,906 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $51,989 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $35,317 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $16,595 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $12,809 indemnity · 1 years
Sesame 6 years filed
- 1.03Low end of the filed band
- 1.76Middle of the filed band
- 2.28High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.28)
- 6Years filed
- $859,199Premium filed
- $1,628,436Indemnity paid
- $2,360,921Liability insured
- 14,410Quantity planted
- 14,863Quantity lost
- 37Policies
- 37Policies with a loss
- 1.90Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Starr County
- Drought $1,308,802 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $258,263 indemnity · 3 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $38,884 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $16,627 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $5,860 indemnity · 1 years
Sunflowers 5 years filed
- 0.30Low end of the filed band
- 2.34Middle of the filed band
- 4.43High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.43)
- 5Years filed
- $261,718Premium filed
- $791,880Indemnity paid
- $1,212,647Liability insured
- 7,838Quantity planted
- 10,147Quantity lost
- 20Policies
- 20Policies with a loss
- 3.03Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Starr County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $222,093 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $167,940 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $148,345 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $92,692 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $80,342 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $77,031 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Texas →
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, filed by the agency as a United States Government work. The loss ratio is the agency’s own published column: indemnity divided by premium, re-derived at the summed county-crop grain.
What this page shows
The page covers the crop-loss band for Texas Starr County, Texas. The band runs from 1.02 at the low end to 1.79 at the high end, with 1.54 in the middle, and the worst year filed is 2020 at 1.95. The page states 10 Years filed and 7 commodities in Starr County.