All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2006 // The lawsuits were an attempt to enforce immigration law by creating a deterrent against hiring illegal employees.Businesses file first in series of lawsuits against competitors Frustrated businesses took their fight...
Aug 23 2006 // Frustrated businesses took their fight against illegal immigration to a Los Angeles court Tuesday, filing the first in a series of lawsuits accusing competitors of hiring illegal workers to achieve an unfair...
Aug 21 2006 // Oklahoma State Sen. Jeff Rabon recently asked the U.S. Congress to make available additional funding for emergency drought relief needed by Oklahoma farmers and ranchers after Gov. Brad Henry’s request for disaster...
Aug 21 2006 // U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns unveiled two new risk management tools for pasture, rangeland and forage, beginning with the 2007 crop year. “These new insurances tools will help farmers and ranchers,...
Aug 21 2006 // U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns unveiled two new risk management tools for pasture, rangeland and forage, beginning with the 2007 crop year. “These new insurances tools will help farmers and ranchers,...
Aug 17 2006 // Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group has signed a binding agreement to transfer its Agri book renewal rights and certain OneBeacon Agri assets to QBE the Americas, a wholly owned division of Australia’s QBE...
Aug 11 2006 // Alabama Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks has established a toll-free hot line for state farmers who need disaster assistance. Many Alabama farmers still dealing with the effects of Hurricane Katrina are...
Aug 4 2006 // Citing a new wave of wildfires, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry ordered a statewide burn ban Aug. 2 and warned that Oklahoma’s hot, windy and dry conditions show no sign of ending.“There appears to be no relief in...
Aug 2 2006 // Some North Dakota sunflower farmers are growing frustrated at the federal government about an insurance program that both sides agree needs changing.The Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency says it is...
Jul 27 2006 // The value of a farmer’s tractor and other equipment wouldn’t count as income when applying for health insurance under a program Gov. Jim Doyle is proposing.At a town hall meeting Tuesday, Doyle said he plans to...
Jul 26 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to approve federal disaster aid for Connecticut farmers who suffered severe crop losses from the heavy rains and cool temperatures this...
Jul 26 2006 // The California heat wave blamed for deaths and blackouts simmered into an 11th day Wednesday as residents waited for a promised temperature drop to end their misery.State and local authorities reported at least 56 possible...
Jul 24 2006 // The Doha Round at the World Trade Organization has been a serious failure for the insurance sector, despite strong efforts by many parties. Instead of increasing the consensus for free trade, the Round has served to divide...
Jul 24 2006 // Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes to address fraud, waste and abuse in selling servicing crop insurance policies, many flaws...
Jul 24 2006 // The Doha Round at the World Trade Organization has been a serious failure for the insurance sector, despite strong efforts by many parties. Instead of increasing the consensus for free trade, the Round has served to divide...
Jul 24 2006 // Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes to address fraud, waste and abuse in selling servicing crop insurance policies, many flaws...
Jul 20 2006 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft recently signed legislation which includes provisions benefiting farm mutual insurance companies and their policyholders, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies’...
Jul 14 2006 // Russia’s finance minister said Russia and the United States had reached a deal on one of the key sticking points holding up an agreement on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and a final deal...
Jul 5 2006 // With the growing trend by California farmers looking to third parties to hire labor, Cambridge General Agency is offering a market to help independent agents place farm labor contractors coverage. Coverage is being offered...
Jul 3 2006 // GAO: The USDA should do more to control fraud in the nation’s crop insurance programAlthough the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes...