All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 26 2017 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced it has released a Crop Hail Model for Canada to provide crop insurers with a probabilistic view of crop hail risk in Canada.Based on 10,000 simulations of potential...
Jun 26 2017 // Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is asking for federal assistance for farmers because of crop losses from Tropical Storm Cindy.Ivey sent a letter Friday to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking for a disaster...
Jun 23 2017 // A highly contagious bacterial disease that seriously threatens the U.S. citrus industry has been found for the first time in Alabama.Federal and state plant officials confirm that citrus greening was found in leaf and...
Jun 22 2017 // Six men have been charged in two separate cattle thefts at a Florida pasture, and authorities are trying to find eight missing cows.Polk County Sheriff’s officials say four cows and four calves were stolen in April...
Jun 20 2017 // The Michigan Court of Appeals has reversed the ruling of a trial court in a case involving whether a commercial insurer or a personal insurer is responsible for paying no-fault personal injury protection benefits when a...
Jun 20 2017 // Georgia’s peach crop is suffering much worse than expected after an overly warm winter and a hard freeze in early spring.Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the end of May...
Jun 20 2017 // A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “a-” of American Agricultural...
Jun 16 2017 // A group of Arkansas farmers have filed a class-action lawsuit against the makers of the herbicide dicamba that they blame for damaging their crops. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Jonesboro, Arkansas, against...
Jun 14 2017 // Residents in a small western Nebraska town were clearing away tree and building debris Tuesday after a suspected tornado tore through the town but injured no one.The storm struck Bayard around 7:10 p.m. on June 12, tearing...
Jun 14 2017 // Mark Bates has been elected as vice chairman of the Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., board of directors. Bates will continue his role as chairman for the company’s governance committee. Bates, a 28-year...
Jun 13 2017 // Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group has launched a new product for the equine industry that provides veterinary care insurance for companion horses – typically only available for race or performance horses. Policies...
Jun 9 2017 // A Colorado pot farm’s neighbor can sue them for smells and other nuisances that could harm their property values, a federal appeals court ruled.The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling revives a lawsuit between...
Jun 6 2017 // The first of tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits went to trial on Monday in Kansas against Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its decision to introduce a genetically engineered corn seed variety to the U.S. market...
Jun 5 2017 // Farm groups and some members of Congress from farm states are decrying proposed cuts to crop insurance and other safety net programs for farmers included in President Donald Trump’s budget.The proposed cuts come even...
Jun 5 2017 // A South Dakota meat processor’s $5.7 billion defamation lawsuit against American Broadcasting Companies Inc., which opens Monday, pits big agriculture against big media, and is a first major court challenge against a...
May 31 2017 // Willis Programs has partnered with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) on coverage for its DairyProtector and FeedLotGuard programs.Allianz, a property casualty insurance carrier in the agribusiness industry,...
May 31 2017 // Former Florida State Senator Lisa Carlton has been elected to FCCI Insurance Group’s (FCCI) board of directors, effective July 1, according to the company.Carlton is the co-owner and manager of Mabry Carlton Ranch,...
May 26 2017 // The Atlantic hurricane season will likely churn out an above-average 11 to 17 named storms, in part due to fading odds than an El Nino will form in the Pacific.Of storms that emerge during the six-month season that begins...
May 25 2017 // U.S. farm groups on Tuesday pushed back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash agriculture spending, viewing it as a fresh threat to a struggling farm economy.The White House on Monday proposed $46.54...
May 22 2017 // Petplan Australasia announced that MS Amlin Syndicate 2001 of Lloyd’s will become the new underwriter of its pet insurance plans in Australia – a move that is designed to enhance policyholder benefits with broader...