All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 1 2019 // Three Kentucky farmers have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to crop insurance fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Lexington says 34-year-old Bradley Price pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money...
Nov 1 2019 // Benefitfocus, a cloud-based benefits platform, has added Toggle, a Farmers company, is to its BenefitsPlace offering.BenefitsPlace allows employers, brokers and medical insurance carriers to offer specialty benefits...
Oct 31 2019 // U.S. farm bankruptcies in September surged 24% to the highest since 2011 amid strains from President Donald Trump’s trade war with China and a year of wild weather.Growers are also becoming increasingly dependent on...
Oct 30 2019 // Global insurer Chubb reported a banner 2019 third quarter, even though the company’s net income took a hit largely from losses relating to an accounting adjustment.Net income for the insurer reached $1 billion...
Oct 30 2019 // Executives at Kirby Co.’s home office noticed an odd trend: Its door-to-door vacuum-cleaner salespeople were increasingly involved in the same side gig — pitching CBD oil.Kirby, whose parent company is owned by...
Oct 24 2019 // A “well-organized machine” of thieves appears to be behind the theft of tons of apples and pumpkins from orchards and farms in Michigan and Indiana, according to authorities.An estimated 7,000 pounds (3,175...
Oct 23 2019 // Federal officials say a Kansas farmer has pleaded guilty to federal charges of crop insurance fraud and bankruptcy fraud.U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Kevin W. Struss, 63, Wakeeney, Kan., pleaded guilty to one...
Oct 21 2019 // North Carolina health officials say a fourth person has died from Legionnaires’ disease.The N.C. Department of Health and Human Resources said in a statement on Friday that its Division of Public Health has confirmed...
Oct 16 2019 // The sunsets are a sight to behold in Joe Leonard’s neck of the woods these days. A year ago, lush stands of towering pines obscured the horizon, he said as he drove his pickup along a dusty Florida Panhandle road....
Oct 16 2019 // A proposed bill would require all CBD products sold in Illinois to meet testing requirements that would be developed by the state Department of Agriculture.CBD is a cannabis extract that does not cause a high but is...
Oct 16 2019 // Kat Merryfield was ready to share her farm-to-home oils, chocolates and creams with the rest of the country. But banks and credit card processors weren’t ready to work with her small business.“We started out...
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...