All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 16 2019 // Western Growers Insurance Services has named Marlo Reininger senior account manager. Reininger will work with the WGIS sales team in developing relationships with food and agriculture customers, and identifying risk and...
Oct 14 2019 // Worsening dry conditions affecting Virginia have prompted Governor Ralph Northam to place the state under a drought watch.The watch issued Friday advises residents, local governments and businesses to use less water. It is...
Oct 10 2019 // A man previously accused of involvement in a Louisiana cattle theft ring has been indicted in Texas on charges he also stole cows from a rancher there.The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association said in a news...
Oct 8 2019 // A food workers’ union filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block a Trump administration move to end limits on the speed of pork slaughter lines, arguing the new rule would lead to more injuries among employees and...
Oct 7 2019 // Prospects of a Brexit deal faded after talks between the two sides stalled and European leaders cast doubt on reaching an agreement in time for Oct. 31.French President Emmanuel Macron and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar...
Oct 2 2019 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer and subsidiary of Markel Corp., announced that it has sold its insurance operations in Brazil to its existing executive team.Markel Seguradora do Brasil, S.A. is...
Oct 2 2019 // Two traditional U.S. Midwest brokerages serving the dairy market are combining their businesses as the industry consolidates.Chicago-based Rice Dairy LLC and Commodity Risk Management Group of Platteville, Wisconsin, are...
Oct 1 2019 // The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture on Tuesday threatened legal action against hog traders ignoring strict animal quarantine rules as it confirmed new cases of African swine fever infections in metropolitan...
Sep 26 2019 // AM Best-rated farm bureaus within the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance segment have experienced steady growth in net premiums written (NPW) in the past decade, unlike their life/annuity (L/A) counterparts, which have...
Sep 25 2019 // A Mississippi woman whose loose donkey caused a fatal car crash has been ordered to pay more than $2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit last month. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports K.K. Henderson Kent was sued by Sandra...
Sep 24 2019 // A Battle Ground, Wash., dairy bottling and distribution operation has been hit with a large fine for multiple violations after a worker’s hand was crushed in the bottling plant.The Department of Labor &...
Sep 20 2019 // Blood samples from pigs in backyard farms in the Philippine capital Manila tested positive for African swine fever, the Department of Agriculture said on Friday, less than two weeks after it declared the country’s...
Sep 20 2019 // Many farmers in South Carolina say a growing drought is threatening to devastate their crops right at harvest time and officials said there are plenty of indications the dry weather will spread.A special committee that...
Sep 19 2019 // An Arkansas panel has approved new rules for the use of an herbicide that has drawn complaints from farmers who say it has drifted onto their crops and caused damage.The Plant Board has approved an amended rule for the use...
Sep 17 2019 // A Louisiana program aimed at helping farmers recover from extreme flooding events in 2016 has received an additional $10 million in grant awards, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry announced.The...
Sep 13 2019 // Mississippi is considering new rules that let companies continue to use food-labeling terms such as “veggie burger” and “vegan bacon,” as long as the terms are prominently displayed so consumers...
Sep 10 2019 // Nebraska state emergency officials who faced record floods this summer are now scrambling to boost their ranks with more workers to help residents recover and rebuild their communities.The Nebraska Emergency Management...
Sep 10 2019 // Residents and the insurance industry in Southeast states are feeling relieved after Hurricane Dorian grazed the U.S. coastline last week just days after it caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas.While the storm was at...
Sep 5 2019 // The Nebraska Farm Bureau estimates the ongoing trade dispute will cost the state’s farmers $943 million in lost revenue this year, but those losses will be partly offset by aid payments from the government.Nebraska...
Sep 5 2019 // A Rapides Parish, Louisiana, man wanted for livestock theft in Texas has been arrested in Louisiana, according to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF).Justin G. Thompson of 127 Pilgrim Road,...