Agriculture, Soil, Fertilizer & Farm Operations worked example

Yield Loss Estimate at 5.75% insurance or treatment action threshold: a worked example

Push insurance or treatment action threshold up to 5.75% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it to compare damage, disease, harvest loss, stand loss, drought stress, or storage shrink against a threshold.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Lost or damaged bushels: 18 bu, tons, or lb (unchanged)
  • Expected field yield (unaffected basis): 180 bu, tons, or lb (unchanged)
  • Insurance or treatment action threshold: 5.75 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 5)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Yield loss percent = lost yield / expected yield x 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 % for yield loss percent, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns -4.25 points for loss above threshold.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18 count for lost yield.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 180 count for expected yield.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where insurance or treatment action threshold sits at 5% and the headline result is 10 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 10 %.
  • It computes lost yield as a percentage of expected yield and compares that percent against your action threshold. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Yield loss percent: 10 % (headline result)
  • Loss above threshold: -4.25 points
  • Lost yield: 18 count
  • Expected yield: 180 count

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Yield Loss Estimate calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.