All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 15 2013 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s statistical arm said it won’t issue some agricultural reports this year because of automatic federal budget cuts, alarming some in the dairy industry who fear the...
Mar 14 2013 // Willis Programs, a specialty business unit of Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, has introduced a customized insurance product for dairy operations. DairyProtector is designed for dairy farms with cows...
Mar 14 2013 // Indiana crop insurance payouts for losses during last year’s drought have reached a record $1 billion.Purdue University said that Indiana farmers have received the payouts for 2012 corn, soybean and wheat losses....
Mar 13 2013 // Recent rain and snowstorms have eased the grip of the worst U.S. drought in decades in portions of the nation’s midsection, swelling some major inland rivers to near flood stage and drenching some farmland enough to...
Mar 13 2013 // Federal investigators have unraveled a massive scheme among dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers in eastern North Carolina to steal at least $100 million from the government-backed program that...
Mar 12 2013 // U.S. farm groups are looking for a formula to lower crop subsidy spending dramatically and end regional infighting ahead of new congressional demands for cuts in a farm bill now costing $10 billion more than...
Mar 8 2013 // Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. has named Kimberly O. Smith as CEO-elect. Smith will assume the role of president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2014, upon the retirement of the company’s current president and CEO, Daniel...
Mar 5 2013 // A coalition of fiscal conservatives on Tuesday called for a steep cut in federal subsidies for crop insurance, setting up a clash with U.S. farm groups that see the program as their top priority in a new farm bill.Growers...
Mar 5 2013 // The value of crops produced in North Dakota last year totaled almost $11 billion, nearly doubling the $6 billion value of crops produced during flood-plagued 2011. The federal Agriculture Department computes the value by...
Mar 1 2013 // Light snow fell in much of the drought-stricken U.S. Plains and Midwest crop region early Friday with a bigger storm forecast for late next week, shrinking the area hit by the worst dry spell in 50 years.Agricultural...
Feb 27 2013 // A blizzard this week in the drought-stricken U.S. Plains will moisten soil for major crops, but the snow storm made it difficult to feed cattle and reach some cow herds, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday.Andy...
Feb 26 2013 // An appeals court ruled Friday that federal officials have the authority to require that all California almonds be treated for salmonella following outbreaks linked to almonds from the state.The ruling by the U.S. Court of...
Feb 25 2013 // Monterey, Calif.-based–Capital Insurance Group named Arne Chatterton vice president of field operations and business relations. The appointment is effective March 1. He was most recently senior vice president of the...
Feb 25 2013 // Agriculture continues to play an important role in Utah’s economy, according to a Utah State University study.The study found that when taking into account related industries such as food processing, agriculture...
Feb 25 2013 // The South Carolina Senate voted 29-1 to confirm a retired insurance lobbyist as the state’s new insurance commissioner. Raymond Farmer was appointed by Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as director for the South Carolina...
Feb 25 2013 // The seven-year-old U.S. agricultural boom, driven by record-high commodity prices and painfully tight supplies, is expected to peak this year and then come to an abrupt end as high costs start to bite, the government...
Feb 22 2013 // Agricultural analysts say Montana’s 2012 wheat crop was valued at a record $1.7 billion, making it the fifth time in six years that the crop has been valued at over $1 billion. The Billings Gazette reported farmers...
Feb 22 2013 // Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently named four new members of the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC) board of directors. The new appointees are James Bardenhagen, Iris Saenz, John F. Finston, and Kenneth Ray Sneed....
Feb 20 2013 // Florida came through this week’s cold snap with no major damage to the orange blossoms that will produce next year’s crop, the state’s largest growers’ association said.Temperatures dipped below...
Feb 20 2013 // U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Tuesday that agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. was in a strong position to claim that an Indiana farmer violated its patent for a type of soybean.In a case closely watched by the...