All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2018 // Environmental groups argued in federal appeals court on Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to analyze the risks Bayer AG Monsanto’s dicamba-based weed killer posed to nearby crops before...
Aug 30 2018 // Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan has appointed Matt Taylor as its vice president of Marketing, effective Sept.7, 2018.Taylor began his insurance career serving in many positions at State Farm Insurance, including as an...
Aug 29 2018 // A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” to New Horizons Insurance Company of Missouri (New Horizons). The outlook...
Aug 27 2018 // A new federal crop insurance program may help Wisconsin dairy farmers protect against low milk prices.The American Farm Bureau Federation and its insurance company recently announced the Dairy Revenue Protection program,...
Aug 22 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “b” of Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of...
Aug 21 2018 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance has named Paul Wilson the new chief information officer. Wilson will serve as a member of the insurer group’s senior leadership team and oversee the development and...
Aug 21 2018 // Some Bayer AG investors were surprised to learn about the thousands of farmers lining up before U.S. courts to argue that Roundup — the blockbuster weedkiller the German company recently acquired when it bought...
Aug 20 2018 // A federal jury decided Aug. 5 that the world’s largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina industrial-scale hog farms for unreasonable nuisances they suffered from odors,...
Aug 17 2018 // Louisiana’s first legal crop of medical marijuana can be planted this week.Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain, whose agency regulates the burgeoning industry, loosened a regulatory logjam that created a months-long...
Aug 16 2018 // A growing number of Texas ranchers and farmers are trimming their livestock, or selling them altogether, as the persistent drought has eliminated water supplies and forage for the animals.Some landowners describe a...
Aug 15 2018 // A Mississippi woman is making a federal case out of a life-threatening bout with salmonella that she blames on Goldfish crackers. The Clarion Ledger reported Friday that 26-year-old Bailey Finch is accusing Pepperidge Farm...
Aug 13 2018 // Gov. Mary Fallin’s office says four counties in northeastern Oklahoma have been designated disaster areas because of drought, making farmers and ranchers eligible for federal assistance.Fallin’s office said...
Aug 13 2018 // A Florida company kept more than 100 temporary farmworkers in “inhumane” and “unsanitary” working conditions while not paying them what they were due as they harvested watermelons in southeast...
Aug 10 2018 // A divided federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely-used pesticide that critics say can endanger children and farmers.The 2-1 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court...
Aug 10 2018 // Many countries across the globe saw worsening in drought-related and wildfire conditions during July, which have led to hundreds of deaths and created a significant financial impact – particularly in the agriculture,...
Aug 6 2018 // A federal jury decided Friday that the world’s largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina industrial-scale hog farms for unreasonable nuisances they suffered from odors,...
Aug 3 2018 // The Atlantic hurricane season may have gotten off to an early start this year, but it’ll probably end with a whimper — at least when it comes to the total number of storms.Twelve named storms are likely to form...
Jul 30 2018 // Brian D. Lopata has been named president and chief executive officer for McPherson, Kansas-based Farmers Alliance Companies, effective Aug. 27, 2018.As president and CEO, Lopata will have day-to-day responsibility for all...
Jul 18 2018 // Authorities say an Alabama farmer has acknowledged falsifying documents that allowed him to receive $919,000 in crop insurance money he wasn’t entitled to.The Dothan Eagle reported last month that Dexter Day Gilbert...
Jul 16 2018 // An insurtech startup says it will disrupt California’s workers’ compensation system with “technology-enabled triage and care coordination” for California Farm Management.ChronWell, a mobile platform...