All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 24 2016 // A 20-foot-long drone that was brought to North Dakota to test precision agriculture methods is now part of a trial run to see if can help crews restore power to areas hit by natural disasters.The Israeli-manufactured Elbit...
Aug 24 2016 // Thousands of people in South Carolina still need home repairs, while the state has submitted a plan for using almost $100 million in federal housing aid almost a year after historic rains inundated the state. The state is...
Aug 22 2016 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), a non-for-profit national insurance advisory organization, announced new filings of Unmanned Aircraft Liability Coverage forms and rules in their Agricultural General...
Aug 19 2016 // A southeast Missouri farmer has been ordered to spend two years in prison for crop insurance fraud of more than $200,000. The Southeast Missourian reports that 48-year-old Bobby David Lowrey, of Parma, was sentenced for...
Aug 15 2016 // Tennessee’s state veterinarian office is investigating an outbreak of a disease involving 17 horses in Middle Tennessee.The Agriculture Department said in a news release that a group of racing quarter horses tested...
Aug 8 2016 // Two south-central Kentucky farmers have pleaded guilty to crop insurance fraud.The U.S. attorney’s office says 53-year-old David Manion and 48-year-old Henry Manion of Allen County admitted making false statements...
Aug 8 2016 // The drought that has taken hold in the Northeast, from Maine to Pennsylvania, is being driven by a second year of below-average rainfall. Though not as dire as the West Coast drought of five-years running, the dry, hot...
Aug 2 2016 // Georgia’s ongoing drought – combined with above-average heat – is taking a toll on some crops in the state, authorities said.Crops feeling the effects of the brutal weather include peanuts, corn and hay, WSB...
Jul 27 2016 // At Lavoie’s Farm in New Hampshire, beans and corn haven’t broken through the ground yet and fields of strawberries are stunted.The drought that has taken hold in the Northeast is especially felt at John...
Jul 26 2016 // Bermuda’s Everest Re Group is selling its U.S. crop insurance company, Heartland Crop Insurance Inc., to CGB Diversified Services Inc., a crop insurance, transportation and storage firm in Illinois.Upon completion of...
Jul 25 2016 // Anyone driving on Scenic Highway recently between Scenic Terrace and Park Place Apartments probably spotted rows of dark-colored shapes floating in Escambia Bay and wondered, “What are those?”The dark shapes...
Jul 25 2016 // When extension agent Charles Davis visits farms, he gets one question over and over again – when will South Carolina farmers start getting aid for crops damaged in last year’s floods?Finally, Davis and his...
Jul 21 2016 // Two horse owners have sued Archer Daniels Midland Co., accusing the U.S. grain processor and trader of distributing contaminated feed that sickened or killed several of their horses, according to court documents seen by...
Jul 15 2016 // State officials say damage claims for Montana crops due to hail are nearly double what they’ve been in recent years.The Billings Gazette reported the state Department of Agriculture’s Walt Anseth says farmers...
Jul 14 2016 // Recent storms that have dropped heavy rain and hail across North Dakota have caused headaches for motorists, farmers and homeowners.Weekend storms caused widespread crop and building damage in the Killdeer area, where hail...
Jul 14 2016 // State officials say damage claims for Montana crops due to hail are nearly double what they’ve been in recent years.The Billings Gazette reports the state Department of Agriculture’s Walt Anseth says farmers...
Jul 14 2016 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer, has joined forces with Tokio Marine Kiln, Pembroke and AEGIS London to lead the Markel livestock consortium, offering cover of up to $30 million per location for...
Jul 8 2016 // A minor earthquake has shaken farmland in California’s Imperial County south of the Salton Sea.The U.S. Geological Survey says the 5:55 a.m. Thursday quake had a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 and was centered four...
Jul 8 2016 // The family of a 17-year-old Maine girl who was killed in a Halloween-themed hayride accident is suing the owner of the farm where the crash occurred.The lawsuit against Harvest Hill Farms owner Peter Buldoc follows the...
Jul 8 2016 // Major floods across the globe during June – topped by events in China and the U.S. – are expected to bring economic costs in excess of US$5.0 billion, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe...