USDA · Risk Management Agency cause of loss
Crop-loss bands in Louisiana
Every county-crop the agency has filed in Louisiana 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 $1,239,449,408.
- 28Counties
- 8Commodities filed here
- 16Causes of loss that paid
Counties
28 county hubs in Louisiana. Ordered by the indemnity filed on their county-crops, largest first; every one carries its own band.
- Avoyelles Parish9
- Franklin Parish8
- Rapides Parish7
- Morehouse Parish6
- Richland Parish6
- St. Landry Parish6
- Catahoula Parish5
- Concordia Parish5
- East Carroll Parish5
- Madison Parish5
- Natchitoches Parish5
- Pointe Coupee Parish5
- Tensas Parish5
- West Carroll Parish5
- Caldwell Parish4
- Ouachita Parish4
- Acadia Parish3
- Bossier Parish3
- Caddo Parish3
- Grant Parish3
- Jefferson Davis Parish3
- Lafayette Parish3
- St. Martin Parish3
- Vermilion Parish3
- Allen Parish2
- Calcasieu Parish2
- Evangeline Parish2
- Iberville Parish2
By commodity
Every commodity the agency files in Louisiana — all 8 of them, not the twelve largest.
By cause of loss
Every cause that has carried an indemnity in Louisiana — all 16 of them, not the twelve largest.
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only46
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain43
- Drought41
- Heat39
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression37
- Freeze32
- Flood31
- Wildlife31
- Cold Wet Weather30
- Decline in Price30
- Wind/Excess Wind27
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.)23
- Hail18
- Hurricane15
- Plant Disease13
- Mycotoxin11
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.