All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people also should pay attention closer to home — especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
Sep 25 2006 // Send Olive Oyl to the grocery for a can of kale?The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E. coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all — he ate his essential...
Sep 25 2006 // Agriculture groups told a U.S. Senate panel in Texas this month that they want the next farm bill to include disaster relief for farmers and ranchers reeling from billions of dollars lost to the drought.They shared their...
Sep 25 2006 // In the grip of a heat wave, the owners of a fruit farm didn’t suspect a mechanical problem when a 600 hp deep well pump started producing less water. After all, the temperature had been soaring for weeks and other...
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people should also pay attention closer to home—especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
Sep 25 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange will appeal a decision by a San Diego Superior Court regarding premium payment plans offered to its customers in California and Nevada.In September, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Jay M....
Sep 25 2006 // Agriculture groups told a U.S. Senate panel in Texas this month that they want the next farm bill to include disaster relief for farmers and ranchers reeling from billions of dollars lost to the drought.They shared their...
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people should also pay attention closer to home–especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
Sep 25 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange will appeal a decision by a San Diego Superior Court regarding premium payment plans offered to its customers in California and Nevada.In September, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Jay M....
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people also should pay attention closer to home — especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
Sep 25 2006 // The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E.coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all—since he ate his essential greens out of a can—but it’s...
Sep 25 2006 // Information technology plays an important part in production and a computer’s sensitive electronic circuits are susceptible to electrical damage. … Add the mechanical equipment it takes to run a farm and the...
Sep 25 2006 // A California natural foods company has been linked to a nationwide E. coli outbreak that has killed one person and sickened nearly 100 others.Food and Drug Administration officials said that they received reports of...
Sep 22 2006 // Wheaton, Ill.-based The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) announced this week that it is expanding the availability of property valuation services provided by e2Value, Inc. to insurers that use the...
Sep 20 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies presented 2006 Service Awards at its annual business meeting held this week in Tampa, Fla.The five recepients included Midwesterner Terry Wendorff, CPCU, president...
Sep 19 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently awarded Pricilla “Cilla” Hughes, manager, Hope Mutual Insurance Company, Tyler, Minn., the Professional Farm Mutual Manager (PFMM) of the...
Sep 19 2006 // Insurance Skills Center and the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa will present a two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks, Oct. 9-10, 2006 in Des Moines, Iowa.The Midwest Agribusiness...
Sep 19 2006 // The company whose fresh spinach was linked to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 109 people in several states including Indiana said its organic products had been cleared of contamination, while health...
Sep 19 2006 // Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar said he has asked federal agriculture officials to reconsider their decision to deny drought disaster loans to farmers on the Eastern Plains whose wells were shut off in a water rights...
Sep 19 2006 // Tampering is not suspected in an outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach, federal health officials said Monday as they continue to probe the source of the contamination and warned consumers to continue to avoid fresh...