All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2021 // A farm and a labor contractor under investigation by Oregon’s workplace safety agency after the death of a farmworker Saturday were both previously cited for workplace violations.The Oregon Occupational Safety and...
Jul 5 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy.The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Jun 30 2021 // A John Deere tractor is pulling a grain cart. Dust swirls around the equipment as the tractor roars by.That’s a familiar sight in South Dakota. But there’s something different about this tractor. The cab is...
Jun 24 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty...
Jun 23 2021 // Vegetarian and vegan foods sold in Wisconsin could not be labeled as meat, milk or dairy if they don’t contain those products, under bills up for votes in the state Assembly.The “truth in labeling”...
Jun 23 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy.The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Jun 21 2021 // Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, Oregon, didn’t hold back while speaking on a recent Zoom call with state representatives about the drought conditions affecting farmers...
Jun 17 2021 // Thousands of Central California farmers were warned Tuesday that they could face water cutoffs this summer as the state deals with a drought that already has curtailed federal and state irrigation supplies.The State Water...
Jun 16 2021 // California regulators have approved a plan by Farmers Insurance to assess wildfire risk by using a tool that combines artificial intelligence with high-resolution aerial photography.The carrier said the Z-Fire risk scoring...
Jun 15 2021 // The world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms has come up with a unique solution to a potentially expensive problem.Denmark’s Orsted A/S is working on a plan to send divers to the sea floor to place a...
Jun 14 2021 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release more than $1 billion in payments over the next several weeks starting June 15 for agricultural producers who suffered losses in 2018 and 2019 natural disasters.The...
Jun 11 2021 // A man died after becoming stuck in a manure tank on an eastern Iowa cattle farm, authorities said.The death occurred on June 8 at a farm in Stockton and was reported by authorities there the next day, the Quad-City Times...
Jun 10 2021 // Accelerant, a technology-based insurance platform, has acquired Agribusiness Risk Underwriters (ARU), a provider of poultry farm insurance product development, underwriting and loss control.ARU was founded in 2016 in...
Jun 7 2021 // Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call with state representatives about the drought conditions affecting farmers in...
Jun 7 2021 // Cal/OSHA has cited Foster Poultry Farms Inc. in Livingston, Calif., and four staffing agencies for not protecting workers from COVID-19.Cal/OSHA opened its inspection after receiving notification that an employee had died...
Jun 4 2021 // Cedar Park, Texas-based Tejas American General Agency (TAGA) has formed an exclusive partnership with Main Street America Insurance, a member of the American Family Insurance group, to distribute its farm and ranch...
May 27 2021 // Some top agriculture groups are upset with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee because farm workers were not covered in last week’s announcement that fully vaccinated employees do not have to wear a mask or socially distance...
May 26 2021 // HSB, part of Munich Re. has launched HSB Precision Ag insurance, a suite of coverages for evolving farm data risks, technology and state-of-the-art equipment.Designed for large commercial enterprises and smaller family...
May 24 2021 // Cal/OSHA has cited Foster Poultry Farms Inc. in Livingston, Calif., and four staffing agencies for not protecting workers from COVID-19.Cal/OSHA opened its inspection after receiving notification that an employee had died...
May 21 2021 // The shareholders of West Des Moines, Iowa-based FBL Financial Group Inc. have approved a previously announced purchase of its stock by Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (FBPCIC), the company said.Under the...